Japan’s Meteorological Agency urged vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid what it called «historic» rains.
TOKYO — Forty nine people have been killed and 48 are unaccounted for in western and central Japan as torrential rain pounds the area, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million evacuated from their homes. Japan’s Meteorological Agency retained special weather warnings for three prefectures in the main island of Honshu, down from five, and urged vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong winds amid what it called «historic» rains.
