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Published on Jul 12, 2012 by adrinilinjunky http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/12/12698803-flash-floods-in-japa... At least 17 have people died, 20 are missing and 50,000 were ordered to evacuate as the heaviest rainfall on record pounded the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu, officials and reports said Thursday.Emergency workers in Kumamoto prefecture responded to multiple reports of mudslides swallowing houses and people being trapped, with access roads blocked by mud or gushing water, officials said.Troops have been deployed with nearly 100 millimetres (four inches) of rain falling in a hour in some areas."Particularly in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures, we are seeing the heaviest rain that (the region) has ever experienced," the Japan Meteorological Agency said.Public broadcaster NHK put the death toll at 17.

Posted by Gail Gresham on July 12, 2012 at 5:59 PM

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