Torrential rain triggers massive flooding in southwestern Japan

Torrential rain triggers massive flooding in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 4, 2020, shows inundated houses in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the Kuma River overflowed following torrential rain.

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