Mudslides injure two; hundreds evacuated
A house teeters Friday on the edge of a hill that has been eroded by recent heavy rain in Nakagusuku, Okinawa Prefecture.
Two people were injured in a mudslide and hundreds of others were evacuated as heavy rain moved up the archipelago, officials said Friday.
In Tochigi Prefecture, two people were slightly hurt when a tour bus carrying 42 passengers hit debris caused by a mudslide that had been triggered by the deluge, local police spokesman Toshihiko Kishimoto said.
On Okinawa, about 400 people were evacuated amid continuing danger of mudslides from the heavy rain that passed through earlier in week, prefectural official Mitsunori Sakihara said.
Among them were 40 residents of a three-story hillside condominium complex in Naha who had to leave Monday after the building began tilting toward a large hole that had opened up in the ground nearby.
Officials said Friday the building was leaning over 4 mm more than the previous day and the hole had deepened by 7 mm.
The prefecture began debating whether to offer temporary housing to the evacuees. Officials said Okinawa will ask people what they need and decide what to do by the end of next week.
The heavy rain has killed one person so far. An 81-year-old man drowned Thursday when he fell into a swollen river in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The Meteorological Agency predicted up to 200 mm of rainfall in northern Japan by Saturday morning.
Two people were injured in a mudslide and hundreds of others were evacuated as heavy rain moved up the archipelago, officials said Friday.
In Tochigi Prefecture, two people were slightly hurt when a tour bus carrying 42 passengers hit debris caused by a mudslide that had been triggered by the deluge, local police spokesman Toshihiko Kishimoto said.
On Okinawa, about 400 people were evacuated amid continuing danger of mudslides from the heavy rain that passed through earlier in week, prefectural official Mitsunori Sakihara said.
Among them were 40 residents of a three-story hillside condominium complex in Naha who had to leave Monday after the building began tilting toward a large hole that had opened up in the ground nearby.
Officials said Friday the building was leaning over 4 mm more than the previous day and the hole had deepened by 7 mm.
The prefecture began debating whether to offer temporary housing to the evacuees. Officials said Okinawa will ask people what they need and decide what to do by the end of next week.
The heavy rain has killed one person so far. An 81-year-old man drowned Thursday when he fell into a swollen river in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The Meteorological Agency predicted up to 200 mm of rainfall in northern Japan by Saturday morning.
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