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.
Rainwater rushes through a stream in Koishihara, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan on July 10, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. (Twitter @zXshun/via Reuters)
“The rain is becoming so heavy unlike anything seen before,” Satoshi Sugimoto, director of forecast division at Japan’s weather bureau the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), told a press conference….