Strong Quakes in Kumamoto Devastate Communities

Rescue workers from the Aichi Prefectural Police search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed home in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 17, 2016. (© Jiji)

Residents of Kumamoto city’s Chūō Ward flee to a park following a pre-dawn earthquake on April 16, 2016. (© Jiji)

The aftermath of a landslide in Minami Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on April 16, 2016. (© Jiji)

Destroyed roof tiles and stone walls at Kumamoto Castle on April 15, 2016. (© Jiji)

A derailed train on the Kyūshū Shinkansen line sits helpless on the tracks in Kumamoto City on April 15, 2016. (Photo provided with cooperation from Japan Tourism Agency of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism; © Jiji)