After downpour on Amami-Oshima

After downpour on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - Children blow soap bubbles on Oct. 24, 2010, at a facility where they took refuge after a downpour on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The heavy rain triggered mudslides and flooding on the island, killing three women and leaving hundreds of residents isolated or in shelters.

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