Heavy rain forces evacuation order for 800,000 in southwestern Japan
Published on: Tuesday 02 July 2019
Authorities in southwestern Japan have instructed over 1.1 million residents to evacuate Wednesday as torrential rains continued, triggering flooding and mudslides. Houses and fields were inundated after river dikes washed away in Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force dispatching troops to affected areas at the request of…
News source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/heavy-rain-forces-evacuation-order-for-800-000-in-southwestern-japan
