Japan Evacuation Centres

Japan's southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as torrential rains threatened landslides and other damage, said public broadcaster NHK.

China evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and issued its highest alert on Sunday as Typhoon Fitow barrelled towards the east coast, weather authorities said.

Heavy snow and bitterly cold conditions continue to add to the misery of thousands of survivors in Japan.With relief efforts hampered, helicopters are being used to fly supplies to several evacuation centres which have been cut off by the snowfall.Plunging temperatures have put many elderly residents in makeshift evacuation centres further at risk....

Japan's southern city of Kagoshima on Wednesday ordered its nearly 600,000 residents to take shelter in evacuation centres and other safe areas as torrential rains threatened landslides and other damage, said public broadcaster NHK.

China evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and issued its highest alert on Sunday as Typhoon Fitow barrelled towards the east coast, weather authorities said.

Heavy snow and bitterly cold conditions continue to add to the misery of thousands of survivors in Japan.With relief efforts hampered, helicopters are being used to fly supplies to several evacuation centres which have been cut off by the snowfall.Plunging temperatures have put many elderly residents in makeshift evacuation centres further at risk....