Heavy rains prompt evacuation orders in Kagoshima as weather agency
warns of mudslides and floods
Full story:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/01/national/heavy-rain-forecast-affect-wide-areas-japan-coming-days/

Heavy rains prompted an evacuation order for some 6,000 residents in
2,859 households in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Monday
morning, as well as an evacuation advisory issued to more than 1.21
million people in 550,000 households in Miyazaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima
prefectures as the Meteorological Agency warned of mudslides and floods.

In the city of Kagoshima, a woman in her 70s died after being buried in
mud up to her neck at her home in the Honjo district following a
landslide on a mountain behind her house.

The agency said precipitation over six hours Monday morning reached
241.5 millimeters in Kirishima and 233 mm in Hioki, both in Kagoshima,
marking record-high rainfall in both locations.

In one flooded residential area in Kirishima, three elderly people who
were stranded there were rescued by boat.

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