Heavy rain wreaks havoc in western Japan

Heavy rain wreaks havoc in western Japan

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - A woman is carried on a wheelbarrow on a flooded road in Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on July 15, 2010. Around three thousand households in the city were ordered to evacuate as torrential rain hit western Japan. (Kyodo)

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