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DISASTERELEVATEDAug 2 · Aug 2, 2026, 4:45 AM

Japan quake victim dies of heatstroke while sheltering in car amid ‘extreme heat’ warning

South China Morning Post

An elderly woman who developed heatstroke while taking shelter in a car was the latest fatality from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto last week, officials said on Sunday as concerns over heat-related illnesses grow in an area that is also suffering extreme temperatures. The woman in her seventies with heatstroke was found in a car, Kumamoto officials said, as they raised the death toll from the quake to 36. The magnitude 7.1 hit Kumamoto prefecture on...

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