5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods:
TOKYO—More than 5,000 people were cut off by landslides Sunday as more heavy rain and floods were forecast in southwestern Japan, where the death toll from torrential downpours rose to 22.
Television footage showed troops loading relief materials such as food, water and medical supplies into military helicopters to send them to mountainous areas in Yame, Fukuoka prefecture in northern Kyushu island.
Local authorities were separately dispatching rescue helicopters to take patients and elderly villagers to hospital from the isolated area, where at least one person was killed, officials said.
More than 5,440 people have been shut away since late Saturday as landslides and fal...
Keep on reading: 5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods
TOKYO—More than 5,000 people were cut off by landslides Sunday as more heavy rain and floods were forecast in southwestern Japan, where the death toll from torrential downpours rose to 22.
Television footage showed troops loading relief materials such as food, water and medical supplies into military helicopters to send them to mountainous areas in Yame, Fukuoka prefecture in northern Kyushu island.
Local authorities were separately dispatching rescue helicopters to take patients and elderly villagers to hospital from the isolated area, where at least one person was killed, officials said.
More than 5,440 people have been shut away since late Saturday as landslides and fal...
Keep on reading: 5,000 cut off in landslide as Japan faces more floods
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