Heavy rain lashed Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu on Wednesday, with the country's weather agency warning of a high risk of disaster in parts of Kagoshima Prefecture due to a so-called linear rainband.The Japan Meteorological Agency called on residents of western and eastern Japan to remain alert for landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and rising river levels that could occur on Thursday as a front and low-pressure system is expected to move northward to the southern coast of the main island of Honshu.The front will extend from Kyushu and the seas off southern coasts of other…READ FULL ARTICLE
