Torrential rain triggers massive flooding in southwestern Japan

Torrential rain triggers massive flooding in southwestern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during an anti-disaster ministerial meeting in Tokyo on July 4, 2020, convened in response to massive flooding at the Kuma River in Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan following torrential rain that hit the region.

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