Almost 250,000 Evacuated After Japan Quakes

I found this story on the Sky News Webpage. It was written by Katie Stallard, Asia Correspondent, in Kumamoto prefecture and talks about the multiple quakes that left dozens dead, thousands injured and entire communities homeless with little access to food or water.

Close to a quarter of a million people have been evacuated from their homes as the search for survivors goes on after a series of strong earthquakes in southern Japan.

The rescue operation in the worst-affected region, Kumamoto prefecture continues despite deteriorating weather conditions, with strong winds and heavy rain.

• 25,000 soldiers from Japan's self-defence forces have been deployed to the area, along with police, firefighters and medics.
• The death toll from Saturday morning's 7.3-magnitude quake now stands at 32, with a thousand more injured. 
• Nine others were killed in Thursday's tremors.

 The military is working to clear access routes through badly-damaged roads. In Ozu troops were delivering water from an army truck in a car park. A long queue of people waited in the early morning cold to fill their containers. A total of 422,000 households in this region have no water.