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TOKYO: Japan’s weather agency issued a special heavy rain alert for the southern region of Kagoshima on Friday (Aug 8), warning “lives are at risk”. The deluge follows a period of punishing heat in many parts of Japan, with a national record temperature of 41.8°C. Kagoshima “is seeing heavy rains that it has never experienced before”, an official of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) told a press conference. “Lives are at risk … We ask that you secure your safety by moving to buildings located even slightly away from streams or cliffs, or to buildings less prone to flooding,” he…
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