Japan floods kill at least 18 people after record-breaking rainfall

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Rescue workers in Japan are beginning a desperate search for survivors after dozens were left dead or missing following widespread flash flooding triggered by record rainfall on the southern island of Kyushu

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Local authorities confirmed at least 18 people had died and 14 were missing in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, with images from the hardest-hit areas showing houses completely destroyed by the strength of the flood waters.Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a warning Saturday for unprecedented rainfall, calling for residents in Kyushu to take"maximum caution." At least 270,000 people were told to evacuate in four prefectures across the island. .

 

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Japanese are self preserving people. Apart from a culture of efficiency and resilience- a sense of oneness, good government system in place in times of countless disasters - natural or man made.,

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