Japan urges evacuations as rain sparks floods, landslides
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More than 1 million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan yesterday, leaving at least one dead and two missing.
Authorities in Hiroshima and the northern part of Kyushu issued their highest evacuation alert as the weather agency reported unprecedented levels of rain in the area.
Under the non-compulsory alert, about 1.4 million residents have been asked to leave their homes immediately, public broadcaster NHK reported.
TV footage showed rescuers towing residents through submerged streets on a lifeboat in the town of Kurume in Fukuoka, while a muddy stream began to overflow in neighboring
Japan urges evacuations as rain sparks floods, landslides
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