Torrential rain over southwest Japan triggered landslides that killed at least one person, while three were missing, as authorities urged tens of thousands to leave their homes because of the danger of more landslides and floods.
Japan is the latest country to be hit by unusually heavy rain in various parts of the world in recent days that has raised new fears of the pace of climate change.
A woman in her 70s was killed when a landslide hit her house in the Fukuoka prefecture before dawn, public broadcaster NHK reported. Four people were missing and two were injured, government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said later.The highest-level heavy rain warning was issued in parts of the Fukuoka and Oita prefectures, on Kyushu, Japan's third-largest island.
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