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Evacuation order issued for parts of Aomori’s Namioka district over landslide risk

From NHK · () Japanese

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  • Aomori City issued an evacuation order for some parts of the Namioka district at 4:20 a.m.
  • The order followed heavy rain and the risk of landslides.
  • The Level 4 alert calls on everyone in dangerous areas to evacuate.

Aomori City issued an evacuation order for parts of the Namioka district at 4:20 a.m. after heavy rain created a risk of landslides.

The warning corresponds to Level 4 on Japan’s five-stage alert scale. Residents in dangerous locations were urged to evacuate.

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Originally published by NHK in Japanese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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