1.   For a third straight night, heavy rain lashed quake refugees living in tents and makeshift shelters in the quake zone.

2.   Hundreds of thousands of quake refugees are living in unheated shelters set up in gymnasiums, schools and public buildings in Kobe.

3.   Meanwhile, heavy rain lashed quake refugees living in tents and makeshift shelters in the quake zone for a third straight day.

4.   More than a quarter-million quake refugees are living in shelters set up in gymnasiums and schools and public buildings.

5.   More than a quarter-million quake refugees are living in unheated shelters set up in gymnasiums and schools and public buildings.

6.   The imperial visit generated little excitement in advance among quake refugees, who are coping with daily discomfort in the shelters.

7.   When Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama visited Kobe two days after the quake, television showed some quake refugees shouting angrily at him.