The western part of Japan is on high alert due to extremely heavy rain.
The western part of Japan is on high alert due to extremely heavy rain.
The Meteorological Agency has now expanded emergency warnings to include 8 prefectures. They are Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Okayama, Tottori, Hyogo and Kyoto. Agency officials say there is an imminent risk of massive flooding and landslides that could cause serious damage. Three people have died in western Japan as a result of the rain. One of them was killed while cleaning drainage pipes, and the other two were swept away in rivers.
