Saturday, July 4, 2020

Over 200,000 evacuated as flooding, mudslides strike southwestern Japan

Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a dire warning for flooding and landslides for two prefectures in southwestern portions of Japan as an unprecedented deluge unfolded Friday into Saturday. Approximately 203,200 people in the hard-hit prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima are under evacuation orders, with around 126,500 people being told to evacuate in Yatsushiro City alone,...

from AccuWeather.com Headlines Weather Blog https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/over-200000-evacuated-as-flooding-mudslides-strike-southwestern-japan/769787?partner=accuweather

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