Three people were killed and three others are missing in flooding in southwest Japan caused by the region's "heaviest" rain ever. Rivers overflowed and hillsides collapsed as record amounts of ...

Wajima, Japan - September 22, 2024 Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in central Japan over the weekend, with at least one person reported dead and several more unaccounted for. Officials said ...

Sept. 21 (UPI) --At least one person is dead and six others are missing in Japan as parts of that country deal with record ...

Nearly 200,000 people in western Japan were urged to evacuate on Saturday as authorities warned of landslides and floods, ...

A tunnel being built in Nepal with financial and technical assistance from Japan has helped more than 4,000 people escape danger. This came after heavy rains last month triggered deadly floods and ...

The life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

THE Klang Valley and other parts of Malaysia often faces flash floods nowadays – like the one on Tuesday, which I’m sure caught KLites by surprise and caused mass disruption to traffic and ...

This eLearning course shares key lessons learned from Japan’s IUFRM efforts to help members of the international community improve their own local approaches to managing urban floods. The course is ...

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Japan has also been experiencing extreme heat ... others like South Korea and China have reported deadly floods due to unusually heavy rains, leaving several dozen people dead.

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