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by Natsuko FUKUE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Two bodies were found after a huge landslide at a resort town in central Japan swept away homes on Saturday following days of heavy rain, with around 20 people still missing, officials said. Television footage showed a torrent of mud obliterating buildings as it crashed down a hillside in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, sending people fleeing as it buried part of a road. “I […]
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) — New Zealand authorities declared a state of emergency in the province of Canterbury Sunday, as the region was pounded by heavy rain that could force thousands of people to abandon their homes. Acting Emergency Management Minister Kris Faafoi, who visited the hardest-hit southern parts of the area, said about 3,000 homes were at risk and the army had been mobilized to assist with evacuations if necessary. “The rain is going […]
(Eagle News)–A rainfall advisory has been hoisted over parts of Pangasinan. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said moderate to heavy rains are being experienced over Sual, Mabini, Infanta and Labrador. PAGASA said these conditions, caused by the southwest monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon, may persist for one to two hours and may effect nearby areas. Moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers with lightning and strong winds on the other hand are expected […]
by Charly Triballeau in Kumamura and Quentin Tyberghien in Takayama, Japan TAKAYAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese emergency services and troops were scrambling on Thursday to reach thousands of homes cut off by devastating flooding and landslides that have killed dozens and caused widespread damage. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday more than 3,000 households were isolated, either by rising floodwater or roads destroyed by landslides, mostly in the hardest-hit southwestern region of Kumamoto […]
by Charly TRIBALLEAU YATSUSHIRO, Japan (AFP) — Emergency services in western Japan were “racing against time” on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 50 people, with more torrential rain forecast. Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its second-highest emergency warning for heavy rain and landslides over vast swathes of the country’s southwest and said “risks are rising” nationwide. At least 50 deaths have been confirmed in the […]
by Charly TRIBALLEAU KUMAMOTO, Japan (AFP) — Torrential rain hampered the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan Monday as they hunted for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more downpours forecast. Around 50 people were feared dead after heavy rain lashed areas of western Japan from early Saturday, causing rivers to burst their banks and flood low-lying regions. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned the weather front was heading across […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescue workers in Japan on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed. At least 36 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions. “Rescue workers are tirelessly continuing the search […]
(Eagle News)–A heavy rainfall warning has been raised over parts of Visayas and Mindanao. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said a yellow warning level is raised over Cebu (Northern Cebu); Leyte; Southern Leyte; Biliran; Eastern Samar and Samar due to the low pressure area. A yellow warning level is also hoisted over parts of Dinagat Island due to th southwesterly windflow. Moderate rains to occasionally heavy rains are being experienced over Misamis […]
(Eagle News)–The easterlies are affecting the eastern section of the country. As a result, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Metro Manila and the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers. Extreme Northern Luzon and the rest of the country, PAGASA said, will have light to moderate winds. Slight to moderate coastal waters are expected.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — At least 21 people have been killed in torrential rain that hit the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, triggering flash floods and destroying homes, authorities said Tuesday. Another 32 people are missing in Sao Paulo, raising fears the toll could rise further. Violent storms in recent days have dumped a month’s worth of rain on some areas in a matter of hours, devastating the southern coast […]
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies and rains are expected in parts of the country today. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Mindanao, Eastern and Central Visayas will have cloudy skies with rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms due to the easterlies. PAGASA said Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, and the provinces of Aurora and Quezon will have cloudy skies with light rains due to the easterlies and the northeasterly surface windflow prevailing over Northern Luzon. Ilocos […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Rescuers worked by hand to clear debris from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in central Japan on Saturday, as the toll from the storms rose to 10 dead with a further three people reportedly missing. Aerial footage showed emergency workers removing wreckage from two houses that were swept away in Chiba, southeast of Tokyo, just two weeks after a deadly typhoon barrelled through the area. Nine people were killed by […]
