TOKYO - Two people were confirmed dead on Wednesday as heavy rains pounded southwest Japan, prompting flood and landslide warnings, and orders for 670,000 people to seek safety.
Nearly a million more people were advised to leave their homes after the country's weather agency raised the alert to its highest level for parts of northern Kyushu.Officials confirmed two deaths, one in western Saga prefecture where a man was found in a car that had been swept away. A second man died in Fukuoka as he tried to escape from a car trapped in rising floodwaters.
Evacuation orders and advisories issued by local authorities are not mandatory, although officials urge residents to heed them. "It is a situation where you should do your best to protect your lives," weather agency official Yasushi Kajiwara said."Please don't wait," he said.
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