184230GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Dozens dead, missing in Japan floodshttps://www.news.com.au/world/asia/dozens-dead-missing-as-floods-and-landslides-devastate-japan/news-story/47ed990d7479f63771e49358671b5ad4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newscomauworldnewsndm+%28News.com.au+%7C+World+News%29Torrential rain in western and central Japan caused landslides, flooding and swollen rivers, leaving at least three people dead and several others missing on Friday, July 6. One of the casualties, Kazuhiko Miyane, 59, was found in a swollen river in Hiroshima prefecture. It is believed he was washed away from near his home, police said.Sat, 07 Jul 2018 20:37:00 +0200news_com_au-d067c74d86256311e3fff462d077725d20180707203700Record rainfall, flash floods leave 38 dead, nearly 50 missing in southwestern Japanhttps://www.dailysabah.com/asia/2018/07/07/record-rainfall-flash-floods-leave-38-dead-nearly-50-missing-in-southwestern-japanTorrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan on Saturday, with local media casualty reports climbing quickly. Public broadcaster NHK said 38 people were dead, four were injured seriously and 47 were missing. Television footage showed a residential area in....Sat, 07 Jul 2018 12:55:00 +0200dailysabah-92672170a9e3af1a365e3def618f911520180707125500Rains force evacuation of thousands in Japanhttps://thefrontierpost.com/rains-force-evacuation-of-thousands-in-japan/TOKYO (Reuters): Japan on Thursday ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents from the outskirts of its ancient capital of Kyoto after “historic” rains battered its western region, killing a man, with yet more rain forecast. About 160,000 people were advised to evacuate across the region as....Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:41:00 +0200TheFrontierPost-en-7661dfef9641583491a2274d8e78015820180706194100Three dead, several missing in Japan floodshttps://www.news.com.au/world/asia/floods-and-landslides-leave-at-least-three-dead-and-several-missing-in-major-japanese-cities/news-story/cd8aa26f497b82b563b339ca5ceca3c3?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newscomauworldnewsndm+%28News.com.au+%7C+World+News%29As many as 83,000 people had been ordered to evacuate in the city of Kyoto on Thursday, July 5, due to increasing risks of floods and mudslides as heavy rain continues to batter western Japan. A worker died at a construction site in Inagawa, Hyogo prefecture, and two others were injured after they were washed away in a drainage pipe.Fri, 06 Jul 2018 19:18:00 +0200news_com_au-6acbed0a2879512d42c14a89744dd3b920180706191800