One dead, one missing as Japan hit by heavy rainTOKYO, July 1, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Heavy rains across parts of Japan have leftone person dead and at least one missing, authorities said Saturday, as theyissued evacuation warnings for nearly two million residents. In Yamaguchi prefecture, "a man was found dead" inside a car that had beenwashed into a river, a local police official told AFP. And rescue workers in western Oita prefecture's Yufu were "still trying tomake contact" with a 70-year-old man who lived in a home destroyed by alandslide, a city official said. Non-compulsory evacuation orders were issued to about 1,855,000 residents ineight prefectures of western Japan including Oita and Yamaguchi, the Fire andDisaster Management Agency said in a statement. Scientists say climate change is intensifying the risk of heavy rain in Japanand elsewhere, because a warmer atmosphere holds more water.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha July 01, 2023 06:28 UTC