TOKYO: Parts of Japan were slammed by torrential rain on Friday (Jun 2) as Typhoon Mawar neared, bringing winds and heavy rain to a wide swathe of the country and promp
, bringing winds and heavy rain to a wide swathe of the country and prompting authorities to advise tens of thousands to evacuate.earlier this week, has weakened to tropical storm strength from its earlier super typhoon status, and the main body of the storm was expected to pass south of the main island of Honshu as it moved into the Pacific.
Similar weather patterns have caused flooding and landslides in the past, most notably in the summer of 2018, when more than 200 people were killed in western Japan. Parts of Shikoku were hit by 162.5mm of rain in the three hours to 9am local time , nearly half of that in one hour, NHK public broadcaster said, prompting warnings of landslides.
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