<span style="color: #222222;">In Japan, two persons died as heavy rains pounded some western part of the country, prompting flood and landslide warnings and orders for 8 lakh 70 thousand people to seek safety. The country's weather agency has raised the to its highest level for parts of northern Kyushu.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">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. One person has been reported missing, while an women was found unconscious after her car fell into a ditch.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The fire and disaster management agency said it had already received multiple reports of flooded houses in Saga and Nagasaki prefectures. Kyushu' s Saga prefecture has been hit by more than 400 millimeters of rain in just two days, which is twice the usual rainfall for the entire month.</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | August 29, 2019 8:42 AM
Two dead as heavy rains pound western Japan