Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in Japan

Under the non-compulsory alert, around 1.4 million residents have been asked to leave their homes immediately, public broadcaster NHK reported.

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Rescue workers searching for missing persons at the site of a mudslide caused by heavy rain in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture. AFP/Photo

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More than a million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan on Saturday, leaving at least one dead and two missing.

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Heavy rain triggers floods, landslides in Japan

Under the non-compulsory alert, around 1.4 million residents have been asked to leave their homes immediately, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Rescue workers searching for missing persons at the site of a mudslide caused by heavy rain in Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture. AFP/Photo

By NewVision Reporter

Journalists @NewVision

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