Residents of Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto were struggling to get their lives back to normal on Thursday, two days after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, killing at least 30 people in the process, as search and rescue efforts continue.
Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in Kumamoto on Japan ’s southern main island of Kyushu, where the powerful tremor hit on Tuesday.
