Typhoon forces Kozushima residents to leave

Typhoon forces Kozushima residents to leave

KOZUSHIMA, Japan - A mother and daughter in the village of Kozushima on quake-prone Kozushima Island, south of Tokyo, load a car with belongings July 7 before fleeing from an approaching typhoon. The municipal government ordered residents in the village's 12 districts to temporarily move to a high school for fear the typhoon will bring heavy rain and cause landslides.

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