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Maximum alert for Kagoshima
Weather officials in Japan say parts of the country s southwest face one of the most torrential downpours in decades. They ve issued the highest emergency warning for Kagoshima prefecture.
Earlier they issued the same alert for two other prefectures Miyazaki and Kumamoto but they ve since switched to a warning for both.
They re calling on people to do whatever they can to stay safe.
Japan Meteorological Agency s Kurora Ryuta said, In Kagoshima prefecture, emergency warning will be continuing. Kagoshima and Miyazaki River, class A river of Sendai river is still swelling with eminent risk of flooding.