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Tokyo: Heavy rain fell in the southwest Japancausing floods Mudslides At least six people were left missing on Monday.
The rains that have fallen in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions since the weekend Flood Along a number of rivers, mudslides, road closures, train disruptions and water supply cuts in some areas.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency warning of heavy rain for Fukuoka and Oita prefectures on the southern main island of Kyushu, urging residents in river and hilly areas to exercise extreme caution. More than 1.7 million residents of high-risk areas have been urged to take shelter.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said at least six people were missing.
In the town of Suida, Fukuoka Prefecture, two people were buried under a mudslide. One of them was rescued alive, the agency said, but the other was found without vital signs. More information about their condition was not immediately available.
The agency said that rescue workers in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, are searching for three people whose homes were hit by a mudslide.
Three others are missing elsewhere in the region.
Footage broadcast by NHK television showed the muddy waters of the swollen Yamakuni River flowing over a bridge in the town of Yabaki in Oita Prefecture.
The rains that have fallen in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions since the weekend Flood Along a number of rivers, mudslides, road closures, train disruptions and water supply cuts in some areas.
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an emergency warning of heavy rain for Fukuoka and Oita prefectures on the southern main island of Kyushu, urging residents in river and hilly areas to exercise extreme caution. More than 1.7 million residents of high-risk areas have been urged to take shelter.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said at least six people were missing.
In the town of Suida, Fukuoka Prefecture, two people were buried under a mudslide. One of them was rescued alive, the agency said, but the other was found without vital signs. More information about their condition was not immediately available.
The agency said that rescue workers in the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, are searching for three people whose homes were hit by a mudslide.
Three others are missing elsewhere in the region.
Footage broadcast by NHK television showed the muddy waters of the swollen Yamakuni River flowing over a bridge in the town of Yabaki in Oita Prefecture.
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