CNN: Here’s the latest –
• Death toll rises: At least 13 people have been confirmed dead after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday.
• Mall collapse: CNN is outside a shopping mall where many people are trapped after the building partially collapsed and then likely suffered a gas explosion.
• Rescue mission: Takaichi says “every second counts” as thousands of military personnel mobilize to reach those who are trapped.
• Struck before: Several people are also unaccounted for at a paper factory. Bridges have buckled, and a historic castle has once again been damaged in a region still reeling from a larger 2016 quake.
Prophetic Link:
“For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.” Matthew 24:7