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Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides
KIRISHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREFECTURE, JAPAN, AUG 7 – Record rainfall exceeding 490 mm in 24 hours triggered highest-level evacuation advisories and emergency response efforts in Kirishima city, Japan Meteorological Agency officials said.
- Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for Kagoshima, warning 'lives are at risk' as authorities told half a million people to evacuate.
- Television footage showed fast-flowing water overflowing its banks to inundate homes in Kagoshima, and around 530,000 people were urged to evacuate.
- More than 490mm of rain fell over 24 hours in one area of Kagoshima- its largest recorded downpour, according to Kyodo News.
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Heavy rain slams Kyushu, triggering floods and mudslides
Torrential rain pounded Kyushu on Friday, triggering floods and landslides and sending residents to shelters as officials issued highest-level warnings in parts of the region. A mudslide hit a house in Aira city in Kagoshima Prefecture, burying two people who were rescued alive and taken to hospital, according to the…
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‘Lives at risk’: Japan cancels flights, orders evacuations as record rains lash Kagoshima
TOKYO, Aug 8 — Japan’s weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima on Friday, warning “lives are at risk”.The deluge follows a period of punishing heat in many parts of Japan, with a national record temperature of 41.8C.Kagoshima “is seeing heavy rains that it has never experienced before”, an official of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) told a press conference.“Lives are at risk... We ask that you …
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Heavy rain slams southern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides
Torrential rain is pounding the island of Kyushu in southern Japan, triggering floods and landslides and sending residents to shelters as weather officials issued their highest warning levels in parts of the region.
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The Straits Times'Never seen before' rains lash southern Japan
TOKYO: Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima on Friday (Aug 8), warning "lives are at risk" as authorities told half a million people to evacuate. The deluge follows a period of
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