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| Japan floods: Troops airlift supplies to Kyushu | Japan floods: Troops airlift supplies to Kyushu |
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| Japanese troops are airlifting supplies to thousands of people trapped in mountainous districts cut off by floods on the southern island of Kyushu. | Japanese troops are airlifting supplies to thousands of people trapped in mountainous districts cut off by floods on the southern island of Kyushu. |
| Rescue teams have been searching for those missing following flooding and landslides caused by record rainfall. | Rescue teams have been searching for those missing following flooding and landslides caused by record rainfall. |
| The death toll has now risen to 26. Hundreds of thousands have been affected. Many of them are staying in evacuation centres. | The death toll has now risen to 26. Hundreds of thousands have been affected. Many of them are staying in evacuation centres. |
| Heavy rain has also caused flooding in Japan's historic capital, Kyoto. | Heavy rain has also caused flooding in Japan's historic capital, Kyoto. |
| TV footage showed muddy waters sweeping through homes and streets as rivers burst their banks in Kyushu. | TV footage showed muddy waters sweeping through homes and streets as rivers burst their banks in Kyushu. |
| Troops and police are concentrating their rescue operation on the north-west of the island, where some 5,000 people are stranded after roads were swept away. | Troops and police are concentrating their rescue operation on the north-west of the island, where some 5,000 people are stranded after roads were swept away. |
| Japan's Self-Defence Forces have been brought in to help search for a number of people still missing. | Japan's Self-Defence Forces have been brought in to help search for a number of people still missing. |
| Some 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto and Oita. | Some 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto and Oita. |
| In Fukuoka prefecture alone, about 190,000 people from 65,000 households were issued the order, with the entire area of the cities of Yanagawa, Yame and Miyama to be evacuated. | In Fukuoka prefecture alone, about 190,000 people from 65,000 households were issued the order, with the entire area of the cities of Yanagawa, Yame and Miyama to be evacuated. |
| Another 140,000 have been advised to vacate their homes as well, AFP quoted local officials as saying. | Another 140,000 have been advised to vacate their homes as well, AFP quoted local officials as saying. |
| Those being asked to leave have been told to go to designated shelters such as schools and other facilities, according to the agency. | Those being asked to leave have been told to go to designated shelters such as schools and other facilities, according to the agency. |