Severe storms caused floods and landslides across southwestern Japan this week, killing at least one person as of Friday and forcing tens of thousands to …
Severe storms caused floods and landslides across southwestern Japan this week, killing at least one person as of Friday and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported. Authorities on the southwestern island of Kyushu confirmed Friday that a woman in her fifties died after a mudslide damaged her home in the city of Unzen. The victim’s husband and adult daughter remain missing. The landslide in Unzen, located within Nagasaki prefecture, also swallowed a second residence and seriously injured that home’s owner: Local government officials ordered tens of thousands of people in Nagasaki prefecture and other parts of Kyushu island to evacuate Thursday to avoid the threat of torrential floods and mudslides. The cities of Unzen and Shimabara, both located within Nagasaki prefecture, received record rainfall from August 11-August 13.
