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Japan floods: 141 killed after torrential rain and landslides
Japan floods: 141 killed after torrential rain and landslidesBBC:ASIA
WHERE is news in the USA about the flooding in JAPAN. I am glad the 12 boys are out of the cave. BUT shit, 141 people are dead in Japan ! And how about the rest of the world??
American news media sucks shit big time. ( And even we here follow the pineapple popsicle truck as it drives around the neighborhood ringing it;s bell.)
Post after post after post about the 12 boys in the cave...for days on end...
I know 4 paragraph rule, but these ARE really short..
At least 141 people are now known to have died in floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in western Japan, says the government.
It is the highest death toll caused by rainfall that Japan has seen in more than three decades.
Rescuers are now digging through mud and rubble in a race to find survivors, as dozens are still missing.
About two million people have been evacuated from the region after rivers burst their banks.
Authorities have opened up school halls and gymnasiums to those who have been displaced by the rainfall.
There remains a risk of landslides, with rain-sodden hilltops liable to collapse.
"I have asked my family to prepare for the worst," 38-year-old Kosuke Kiyohara, who has not heard from his sister and her two sons, told AFP.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled an overseas trip to deal with the flood crisis.
More than 70,000 rescue workers, including the fire service and the army, are involved in the relief effort.
Rescuers are now digging through mud and rubble in a race to find survivors, as dozens are still missing.
About two million people have been evacuated from the region after rivers burst their banks.
Authorities have opened up school halls and gymnasiums to those who have been displaced by the rainfall.
There remains a risk of landslides, with rain-sodden hilltops liable to collapse.
"I have asked my family to prepare for the worst," 38-year-old Kosuke Kiyohara, who has not heard from his sister and her two sons, told AFP.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has cancelled an overseas trip to deal with the flood crisis.
More than 70,000 rescue workers, including the fire service and the army, are involved in the relief effort.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44775627
