Japan Rains

Japan forced to evacuate more than million residents due to heavy rains

It said a total of 1.12 million people in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures had been ordered to evacuate to shelters, and that landslides had swept away several cars and buried a house in Kagoshima

Updated On: 03 Jul 2019 | 9:01 PM IST

Rains in Japan kill nearly 200, search on for around 60 still missing

The rains are the deadliest weather-related disaster in over three decades in Japan

Updated On: 12 Jul 2018 | 12:35 PM IST

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Heavy rain, landslides leave more than 80 dead, dozens missing in Japan

An official said 170 patients and staff had been evacuated while public broadcaster NHK later said about 80 people were still stranded

Updated On: 09 Jul 2018 | 3:01 AM IST

21 killed in Japan rains; evacuation efforts to affect 4 million people

The Japanese archipelago has been pounded by heavy rain since Thursday

Updated On: 07 Jul 2018 | 3:32 PM IST