Rain in Kyushu brings landslides

Article title: Rain in Kyushu brings landslides

Source: The Daily Yomiuri

Published: Saturday, July 7, 2007

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Heavy rain hit Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures. It caused landslides and prompted evacuations Friday. In Kumamoto, 192 households were isolated after roads were blocked by the landslides. 10 people were rescued by a helicopter from an area from where landslides were expected. 15 buildings were flooded above the floor. 1173 people from 391 households were instructed to evacuate, and 91 people from 45 households did voluntarily. On Saturday at 11:35 a.m., Kumamoto Government Yoshiko Shiotani requested that members of the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Eighth Division in Kumamoto be dispatched to provide support, based on the Basic Law on Natural Disasters.