Rain sends people back to shelters in quake-hit Osaka area

The number of people taking refuge at shelters in earthquake-hit western Japan's Osaka Prefecture grew by 1,000 on Wednesday as rain that started in the early hours sparked fears about landslides, leading some residents to return to the facilities.As of 8 a.m., 1,700 people were staying in public shelters in the prefecture, marking a sharp increase from 580 as of Tuesday night, according to the Osaka prefectural government.The weather agency issued a heavy rain warning for the city of Ibaraki and other parts of the prefecture, forecasting up to 150 millimeters of rainfall in the 24 hours un…READ FULL ARTICLE