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Six people are killed and three others are reported missing after heavy rains trigger landslides in Kyushu and Chūgoku, Japan.
2023-07-10

Four people are killed and 114 others are injured as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
2022-09-20

The Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. Around 120 residents in two nearby towns are ordered to evacuate even though minimal damages are reported.
2022-07-24

Typhoon Haishen approaches Japan, threatening the coasts of Okinawa and the island of Kyushu. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says the government is setting up a crisis response team and urges people to take precautions. Officials compare the typhoon to Typhoon Vera, which in 1959 killed more than 5,000 people.
2020-09-5

The death toll from floods in Kyushu, Japan, rises to 49 people. The country is bracing for more heavy rain.
2020-07-6

The death toll from flooding on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu rises to 15, with six others missing.
2017-07-8

The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing. Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu.
2016-09-4

Typhoon Vongfong makes landfall in the Japanese island of Kyushu causing the evacuation of 150,000 people and disruption to plane and train services.
2014-10-13

Japan braces for the impact of Typhoon Neoguri which is expected to hit Okinawa and then Kyushu on Tuesday.
2014-07-7

About a quarter of a million people are asked to leave the southern Japanese island of Kyushu after flooding caused by days of heavy rain leaves 20 people dead.
2012-07-14