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by Shingo ITO<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nearly two million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan on Saturday, leaving at least one dead and three missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities in seven regions, mainly in the northern part of Kyushu island, issued their highest evacuation alert as the weather agency reported unprecedented levels of rain in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the non-compulsory alert, more than 1.8 million residents have been asked to leave their homes immediately, according to public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TV footage showed rescuers towing residents through submerged streets on a lifeboat in the town of Kurume in Fukuoka, while a man who was rescued in neighbouring Saga prefecture said he had never seen rain like it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“This situation is different,” he told NHK. “I’ve had a similar experience before, but (this time) I was scared.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government said 14 rivers had burst their banks and 14 landslides had occurred, mainly in western Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 59-year-old woman died and two of her family members were missing after a landslide destroyed two houses in Unzen, Nagasaki, a local official said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“More than 150 troops, police and firefighters were dispatched to the site for rescue operations,” Takumi Kumasaki told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n