Heavy rain hits southwestern Japan, woman buried in landslide dies

Heavy rain hit southwestern Japan's Kyushu region Monday, leaving one woman dead after a landslide, while local governments issued evacuation advisories to around 1.2 million people.The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of possible landslides and floods, forecasting severe rainfall may continue to hit some western Japan regions through around Thursday.The atmosphere has become unstable as warm air from the south hit a seasonal rain front stretching to western and eastern Japan from the East China Sea, according to the agency.Local governments in Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto prefectures…READ FULL ARTICLE