Photo Story: Floods in Japan
The Wada river is reaching its overflow level in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan.
According to media reports, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued warnings of heavy rain that could trigger floods and mudslides in several areas of Kyushu, southwestern Japan. Authorities asked for the evacuation of about 1 million residents in Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures.
Despite the orders, just 3,000 people were in shelters in the Kagoshima region on Thursday morning, an official tally showed.
The rains come a year after torrential downpours in western Japan that killed over 200 people in flooding and landslides.
Photo: EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS
