TOKYO — Unusually heavy snowfall in Japan has claimed at least 30 lives over the past two weeks, officials said Tuesday, including a 91-year-old woman found buried under a three-metre pile of snow outside her home. The central government has deployed troops to assist residents in Aomori, the hardest-hit region, where some remote areas still […]
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Japan lifts tsunami warnings after 7.5-magnitude earthquake
Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings on Tuesday after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan late Monday, injuring at least 30 people and prompting the evacuation of around 90,000 residents. The quake hit off the coast at 11:15pm local time, and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially warned that waves as high as 3 metres […]