TOKYO, eleventh July, 2023 (WAM) — Torrential rain over Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu triggered floods and landslides that left as much as six folks lifeless and rescuers looking for three lacking, Reuters reported, citing officers on Tuesday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded the particular warnings for heavy rains, issued on Monday for northern elements of the island, to lower-level warnings and advisories, however urged residents to remain alert for additional landslides.
Japan is the most recent nation to be hit by unusually heavy rain in varied elements of the world in latest days that has raised new fears of the tempo of local weather change.
“Municipalities are still making checks on casualties, … but we were informed of three deaths, another three deaths potentially related to the disaster, three missing and two lightly injured,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno informed a daily news convention.