Pedestrians wade through a flooded street in Saga city on August 14, 2021, as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan. JIJI PRESS/ AFPTOKYO: Japan braced for further downpours on Sunday as rescuers sifted through flood and landslide damage after record rain that left at least three dead. "So many logs tumbled down and crashed into this area" from nearby mountains, an elderly resident of Kanzaki in Saga prefecture told public broadcaster NHK. AFP PHOTO/ JIJI PRESS/ SAGA PREFECTUREScientists say climate change is intensifying the risk of heavy rain in Japan and elsewhere, because a warmer atmosphere holds more water. And in 2018, floods and landslides killed more than 200 people in western Japan during the country's annual rainy season.

Source: Manila Times August 15, 2021 04:30 UTC