Arab Weather - About 13 people were lost in western Japan on Saturday, as a result of floods and landslides caused by record torrential rains in Kumamoto and Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu; Forcing the authorities to issue eviction orders to more than 76,000 residents.
The meteorological agency in the country had issued warnings of rain to the highest level of emergency in those areas, to reduce by Saturday, one degree.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced the dispatch of thousands of army soldiers to participate in the rescue operations on Kyushu Island, after missing 13 people.
The television broadcast scenes of homes and cars submerged in muddy waters in Kumamoto Prefecture, where the flood of the Kuma River isolated houses and other cliffs.
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