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Japan issues highest landslide warning for Yakushima, urges residents to protect their lives

From NHK · () Japanese

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  • Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued the highest-level landslide warning for Yakushima Town in Kagoshima Prefecture.
  • The Level 5 warning requires maximum vigilance and urges residents to take action to protect their lives.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 special landslide warning for Yakushima Town in Kagoshima Prefecture at 5:10 a.m.

The warning is the highest level in Japan’s five-stage alert system. Authorities urged people in Yakushima Town to exercise the utmost caution and take action to protect their lives.

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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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