Heavy rains in Japan, government issues advisory

Tokyo, July. (HS): Due to heavy rains, a civilian was killed and five others were injured in southwestern Japan. Ten million people have been instructed to evacuate their homes because the area received nearly a month’s rainfall in a single day on Thursday.

Kagoshima and Miyazaki have received rainfall of 1000 millimeters since Friday. There are more than 30 landslides in these two places. In addition, due to the devastation of the era senior woman’s house on Thursday morning in the city of Kagoshima, she has gone missing. The administration has asked the citizens to go to a safe place safely while waiting for any direction.

Local governments in Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto issued evacuation advisories. A woman in her 70s who was rescued in Kagoshima after she was buried by mud that had engulfed her house early Monday was later confirmed dead.