Downpours trigger flooding, 1.1 mil. asked to evacuate in Japan

Authorities in southwestern Japan have instructed over 1.1 million residents to evacuate Wednesday as torrential rains continued, triggering flooding and mudslides.Houses and fields were inundated after river dikes washed away in Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force dispatching troops to affected areas at the request of Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono.In the prefecture, a 33-year-old woman and her child reportedly suffered minor injuries as her vehicle was trapped by a mudslide in Shibushi, while an 80-year-old woman in Satsumasendai fell down and fract…READ FULL ARTICLE