(3)1 dead, 2 hurt as record rainfall hits northern Kyushu

FUKUOKA, Japan - Water cascades into the underground shopping arcade adjacent to subway Hakata Station on July 19. Record rainfalls lashed wide areas of northern Kyushu, leaving one person dead and two others injured in Fukuoka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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