2 dead, 6 missing in Japan heavy rain
Japan self-defence forces and police handle an inflatable boat to join rescue operations at a nursing home following heavy rain in Kuma village. – AFP pic, July 5, 2020.
TWO people died and 16 others were feared dead, local media said today after torrential rain in western Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides. A woman and a man in their 80s in different towns in the western Kumamoto region died in mudslides, according to national broadcaster NHK and other Japanese media, although they gave no other details.
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