Heavy rain leaves five dead, five missing in W Japan: report
TOKYO. July 25. KAZINFORM Heavy rain hit west Japan on Friday, leaving five people dead and five others missing from mudslides and flooding, Kyodo News reported, quoting local authorities, on Saturday, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The Japan Meteorological Agency called for caution as downpours continued Saturday in northern Kyushu as well as the Chugoku and Shikoku areas in western Japan.
More than 30,000 households in Fukuoka Prefecture in northern Kyushu were advised to evacuate their homes due to rain, NHK and Kyodo News said.
A landslide occurred at around 9:35 p.m. Friday in Fukuchi, Fukuoka Prefecture, burying two houses and killing a 73-year-old resident, according to the local police.
Three people were missing in Fukuoka Prefecture and two people were unaccounted for in Hiroshima Prefecture in the Chugoku area, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview,cn for full version.