![]() ![]() “The situation is such that lives are in danger and safety must be secured,” he added.įootage on national broadcaster NHK showed a gash in the hillside above a home in Karatsu City that had partially collapsed into a river, with many of its traditional roof tiles smashed or sliding off. “This is the heaviest rain ever experienced” by the region, Satoshi Sugimoto of JMA’s forecast division told reporters. ![]() The Japan Meteorological Agency said the heavy downpours risked flooding and landslides across Fukuoka and Oita. Japan has five levels of evacuation orders, but people cannot be compelled to leave their homes. Nearly two million more in Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Saga, Yamaguchi and Oita were under a lower-level warning, urging them to evacuate if they are in hazardous areas. Officials said a second woman was feared dead after last being seen clinging to a car in rising floodwaters in the neighbouring Oita region.Īt least nine other people were missing in landslides in Fukuoka and Oita regions, where over 420,000 people were under a top-level evacuation warning stating: “Your life is in danger, you need to take action immediately.” Her husband was rescued and taken to hospital. The woman’s home was engulfed overnight in Saga region, the local fire department told AFP. Torrential downpours after a week of steady rain have caused rivers to burst their banks and sodden earth to collapse in deadly landslides, including one that killed a 77-year-old woman. One person was killed and hundreds of thousands were urged to evacuate their homes in southwestern Japan on Monday following the “heaviest rain ever” in the region. ![]()
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