By TAKAHIRO TAKENOUCHI/ Staff Writer
April 25, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A downtown area in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, is flooded on July 4, 2020, with the Kumagawa river seen on the right. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The Japan Meteorological Agency will study developments of certain cloud formations off Kyushu to provide more accurate heavy-rain warnings and buy additional time for possible evacuations. [Read More]
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