250,000 evacuted on Japanese Island

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About 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes to avoid floods caused by torrential rainfall in south-west Japan, officials say.

Flooding and landslides on the southern island of Kyushu have left at least 20 people dead in the past three days.

TV footage showed muddy waters sweeping through homes and streets as rivers burst their banks in the north of the island.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has warned of further rain and landslides.

At least seven people were said to be missing on Friday, Japanese media said. Japan's Self-Defence Forces have been brought in to help search for the missing.
Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces on 14 July 2012 searching for missing people near the city of Aso, in Kumamoto prefecture, following devastating floods caused by heavy rainfall Japan's Self-Defence Forces have been helping to search for the missing

More than 75cm (30in) of rain fell in 72 hours in the city of Aso, in Kumamoto prefecture, according to weather officials quoted by the French news agency AFP.

The evacuation orders affect 85,000 households in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto and Oita, the Kyodo news

Japan floods: Troops airlift supplies to Kyushu

Japanese troops are airlifting supplies to thousands of people trapped in mountainous districts cut off by floods on the southern island of Kyushu.

Rescue teams have been searching for those missing following flooding and landslides caused by record rainfall.

So far, 22 people have reportedly been killed. Hundreds of thousands have been affected. Many of them are staying in evacuation centres.

Heavy rain has also caused flooding in Japan's historic capital, Kyoto.

TV footage showed muddy waters sweeping through homes and streets as rivers burst their banks in Kyushu.
Map of Japan

Troops and police are concentrating their rescue operation on the north-west of the island, where some 5,000 people are stranded after roads were swept away.

At least seven people were said to be missing on Friday. Japan's Self-Defence Forces have been brought in to help search for them.

About 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto and Oita.

In Fukuoka prefecture alone, about 190,000 people from 65,000 households were issued the order, with the entire area of the cities of Yanagawa, Yame and Miyama to be evacuated.

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