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Record Rain Prompts Level 5 Landslide Warnings on Japan’s Izu Islands

Japan’s weather agency says a Pacific front fed by Tropical Storm Krovanh is driving life‑threatening downpours and sustaining landslide and flood risk.

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Shallow Magnitude 7.1 Quake Strikes Kumamoto, Kills 13 and Partially Collapses Aeon Mall

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Kyushu Quake Collapses Part of Aeon Mall and Kills at Least 28

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Record Rain Prompts Level 5 Landslide Warnings on Japan’s Izu Islands

Typhoon-Driven Deluge Triggers Level 5 Landslide Alert on Yakushima

Level 5 Heavy Rain Hits Fukui as Nepal‑China Floods Leave Nearly 3,000 Missing

Japan Issues Level 5 Rain Warnings for Ishikawa and Toyama

Four Tropical Cyclones Create Overlapping Flood and Wind Hazards in East Asia

Record Downpour in Chiba Kills Nine as Floods Submerge Homes and Roads

Record Rain Floods Chiba, Leaves at Least Four Dead and Thousands Stranded

Record Rain Prompts Level 5 Warning and Major Flooding in Chiba

Putin Visits Disputed Kuril Island, Drawing Tokyo Protest

Record Torrential Rains Flood Eastern Japan, Kill at Least Six

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Tropical Storm Chan-hom Threatens Northeastern Honshu

Western Europe Records Highest June–July Mean Temperature, Copernicus Says

Esashi Festival Parades 13 Floats Along Historic Inishie Kaido

Typhoon Dolphin Hits Okinawa and Triggers Port Closures Ahead of China Landfall

Delta to Resume Daily Seattle–Tokyo Narita Flights in March 2027

Apple Pledges Donation for Kumamoto Earthquake Relief

Powerful Kumamoto Quake Topples Mall and Traps Dozens

Shallow Magnitude 7.1 Quake Strikes Kumamoto, Kills 13 and Partially Collapses Aeon Mall

Kyushu Quake Collapses Part of Aeon Mall and Kills at Least 28

Russia Names Small Kuril Islet After Soviet Spy Richard Sorge

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