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Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Slams Japan, Multiple Deaths Reported
One of Japan's strongest typhoons in decades dumped torrential rain across southern regions on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and injuring dozens, local media reported.
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Rescuers Search For Survivors In Landslide-Hit Japan Town
Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide were forced to suspend their search for survivors several times on Sunday as more rain lashed the devastated area.
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Dozens Dead, Missing In Japan As Heavy Rain Causes Floods, Mudslides
About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead -- including 14 at a nursing home -- after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, authorities said Sunday.
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Torrential Rains, Landslides Kill 10 In Japan, 3 Reported Missing
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.
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Deaths In Japan Rains Rise To 100
Yoshihide Suga said 87 people had been confirmed dead from the severe floods, with another 13 found with no vital signs, adding that more than a dozen people were still missing.
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More Than 50 Dead As Japan Scrambles To Rescue Flood Victims
The death toll from record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Sunday to at least 57, officials said, as rescue workers and troops struggled in the mud and water to save lives. The toll is expected to rise significantly, with local media already putting the number of fatalities at 73, and dozens of people still unaccounted for in the dis...
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Torrential Rains Kill At Least 81 In Western Japan
The death toll from torrential rain and landslides in western Japan rose to 81 people on Sunday, with dozens still missing after more than 2,000, temporarily stranded in the city of Kurashiki, were rescued.
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Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 25
The death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan's south has reached 25, the government said Tuesday, as rescue teams battled through thick mud to rescue more than 100 still stranded.
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18 Dead, 27 Missing In Japan Floods, Thousands Evacuated
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 18, officials said today, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors.
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Four Dead, Several Missing in Japan Landslides
At least four people have been killed and several more are missing as heavy rain triggered landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, rescuers said Wednesday, while local media reported the death toll has reached seven.
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Death toll rises to six after torrential rain in Japan
Japanese rescuers found four bodies on Saturday at the scene of a landslide in the north of the country, taking the total death toll from record rainfall to six.
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5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods
More than 5,000 people were cut off by landslides on Sunday as more heavy rain and floods were forecast in southwestern Japan, where the death toll from torrential downpours rose to 22.
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Powerful Typhoon Shanshan Slams Japan, Multiple Deaths Reported
One of Japan's strongest typhoons in decades dumped torrential rain across southern regions on Thursday, leaving at least five people dead and injuring dozens, local media reported.
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Rescuers Search For Survivors In Landslide-Hit Japan Town
Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide were forced to suspend their search for survivors several times on Sunday as more rain lashed the devastated area.
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Dozens Dead, Missing In Japan As Heavy Rain Causes Floods, Mudslides
About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead -- including 14 at a nursing home -- after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, authorities said Sunday.
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Torrential Rains, Landslides Kill 10 In Japan, 3 Reported Missing
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.
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Deaths In Japan Rains Rise To 100
Yoshihide Suga said 87 people had been confirmed dead from the severe floods, with another 13 found with no vital signs, adding that more than a dozen people were still missing.
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More Than 50 Dead As Japan Scrambles To Rescue Flood Victims
The death toll from record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Sunday to at least 57, officials said, as rescue workers and troops struggled in the mud and water to save lives. The toll is expected to rise significantly, with local media already putting the number of fatalities at 73, and dozens of people still unaccounted for in the dis...
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Torrential Rains Kill At Least 81 In Western Japan
The death toll from torrential rain and landslides in western Japan rose to 81 people on Sunday, with dozens still missing after more than 2,000, temporarily stranded in the city of Kurashiki, were rescued.
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Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 25
The death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan's south has reached 25, the government said Tuesday, as rescue teams battled through thick mud to rescue more than 100 still stranded.
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18 Dead, 27 Missing In Japan Floods, Thousands Evacuated
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 18, officials said today, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors.
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Four Dead, Several Missing in Japan Landslides
At least four people have been killed and several more are missing as heavy rain triggered landslides in the western Japanese city of Hiroshima, rescuers said Wednesday, while local media reported the death toll has reached seven.
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Death toll rises to six after torrential rain in Japan
Japanese rescuers found four bodies on Saturday at the scene of a landslide in the north of the country, taking the total death toll from record rainfall to six.
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5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods
More than 5,000 people were cut off by landslides on Sunday as more heavy rain and floods were forecast in southwestern Japan, where the death toll from torrential downpours rose to 22.
