MASHIKI, Japan (AP) — At least nine people have been killed and more than 800 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan. With daybreak, the extent of the damage became apparent: collapsed buildings, streets warped by manholes pushed higher by the earth's movement, an expressway crunched and buckled. The damage was severe in the hardest-hit town of Mashiki, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kumamoto city. Entire buildings fallen to the ground, roofs that slid off,...
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