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At least 122 dead in Japan after flooding and landslides
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![Residents try to upright a vehicle stuck in a flood hit area in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture on July 9, 2018. Credit: CNN](/sites/default/files/styles/content_header_image/public/headlines/180709105731-03-japan-flooding-070818-super-tease.jpg.webp?itok=IGNUzPpU)
Residents try to upright a vehicle stuck in a flood hit area in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture on July 9, 2018. Credit: CNN
Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported about 364 millimeters (14.3 inches) of rain fell between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. Sunday in the city of Uwajima -- approximately 1.5 times the average monthly rainfall for July. In Sukumo City in Kochi prefecture, 263 millimeters (10.3 inches) of rain fell in two hours, NHK said.
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