- Title: JAPAN: TORRENTIAL RAIN STRIKES KYUSHU ISLAND - 10 KILLED
- Date: 5th July 1965
- Summary: 1. AERIAL SHOT FLOODED AREA 0.05 2. MV FLOOD WATERS UNDER BRIDGE 0.08 3. CU FLOOD WATERS PAN UP TO FLOODED COUNTRYSIDE AND WRECKED HOUSES 0.20 4. MV MAN CLEARS UP AFTER FLOODS 0.25 5. LV FLOODED HOUSE 0.29 6. LV FLOODED HOUSE, PARTS FALL INTO RIVER 0.33 7. MV FLOODS RUSH PAST HOUSES 0.37 8. MV MAN SIGNALS FOR HELP 0.40 9. MV TWO MEN PULL ON ROPE 0.42 10. MV TWO MEN SWIM IN FLOODS 0.45 11. MV MAN GETS OUT OF ROWING BOAT 0.47 12. MV TWO WOMEN RESCUED 0.49 Initials JRG/S/BHH/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 20th July 1965 13:00
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- Location: HITOYOSHI, KYUSHU JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Reuters ID: LVAEPX9HZW4PYX27OJHBVA2ATBCA
- Story Text: TEN PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES AND 14 OTHERS INJURED IN FLOODS THAT HAVE FOLLOWED TORRENTIAL SEASONAL RAINS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF KYUSHU ISLAND, JAPAN.
THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED LANDSLIDES, SIMILAR TO ONE EARLIER NEAR TOKYO WHICH KILLED 24 PEOPLE.THE FLOODS INUNDATED THE LAND AND SWAMPED ROADS AND RAILWAYS.THE KUMAGAWA RIVER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE ISLAND BROKE ITS BANKS AND FLOODED 15,00 HOMES.TWO PEOPLE THERE WERE FEARED SWEPT AWAY.
AT HITOYOSHI, 5,000 OF THE TOWN'S 9,000 HOMES WERE UNDER WATER AND MANY HOMES AT A NEARBY VILLAGE WERE WASHED AWAY BY THE SWIRLING WATERS.TWO COMPANIES OF THE JAPANESE SELF-DEFENCE FORCES WERE CALLED IN FROM THE OTHER PART OF THE ISLAND TO CARRY OUR RESCUE RELIEF WORK.
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