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Torrential rain pounded parts of Japan's southwestern region Monday, leaving at least two people dead and eight others missing, local media reported.
A 77-year-old woman was killed in Soeda Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, when a landslide hit her home, and a man in his 70s was rescued from an inundated truck in Hirokawa town, Fukuoka Prefecture but confirmed dead at the hospital, public broadcaster NHK reported Monday.
In Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, a landslide hit two houses. A woman was found by rescuers, but she showed no vital signs, while two men remain unaccounted for, Kyodo News reported, citing local authorities.
In the southwestern Japanese city of Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, a mudslide caused by heavy rain engulfed at least seven houses, with rescuers failing to make contact with six people, according to Kyodo News.
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