Japanese weather officials are forecasting extremely heavy rain with thunder in western and eastern parts of the country ...

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About 20 percent of Japan’s population resides in areas that are at risk of flooding when heavy rain causes rivers to overflow, according to a recent Asahi Shimbun analysis. The number has ...

His destination: a type of storm known as an atmospheric river, which was developing off the coast of Japan ... rain or snow and is dumped on the ground – where it can bring devastating floods ...

This is the fourth time in the last 160 years such a “spectacular” event has occurred, officials said. It is expected to ...