Heavy rainfall in Japan causes mudslide, threatens floods

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Torrential rain pounding southwestern Japan triggered a mudslide that swallowed four people and was threatening to cause flooding and more landslides in the region. The mudslide in Nagasaki prefecture hit two houses with four residents total.

A road is damaged by the swollen Suzuhari river in heavy rain in Hiroshima, western Japan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Torrential rain pounding southwestern Japan has triggered a mudslide and swallowed four people in Nagasaki and threatened the region with the risk of floods and more landslides, officials said Friday.

The mudslide in the city of Unzen in Nagasaki prefecture hit two houses with four residents total. A woman in her 50s was pronounced dead, while a man in his 60s was seriously injured, according to Unzen city officials. Rescue workers were searching for the two other residents. Television footage on NHK public broadcaster showed rivers swollen with muddy water gushing down, almost overflowing, in Hiroshima.The meteorological agency said nearly 500 millimeters of rain fell in parts of Nagasaki in the past 48 hours, exceeding the average for the month of August. More downpours were forecast.

 

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I'm Japanese living in Tokyo. Torrential rain, earthquake, eruption, landslide, extremely heat. What a disaster country I live in.

Well lets be positive now! At least Godzilla didn't get loose again!

nice

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Everything is cool... They got Nuclear power plants to make energy to clean all that up!!! LOL

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