US Forces Deliver Aid to Japanese Quake-Hit Areas; 42 Dead

MINAMIASO, Japan— U.S. airlifts were delivering water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for 10 people still reported missi...

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Force search for missing persons at the site of a landslide in Minamiaso, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan Monday, April 18, 2016. About 10 people remained missing Sunday in southern Japan from two powerful earthquakes. Rescuers were redoubling search efforts on the southern island of Kyushu, where many areas were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage. (Takuya Inaba/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

MINAMIASO, Japan—U.S. airlifts were delivering water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southern Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for 10 people still reported missing.

Authorities said at least 42 people died and more than 1,000 were injured in the quakes on Thursday and early Saturday.

We survived the first one and were watching the scenes in Mashiki on TV. I never thought we were going to be next.

— Yachiyo Fuchigami, Minamiaso resident