Five killed, three missing in Japan landslides, floods

At least five people died and three were reported missing after a new spell of torrential rain caused floods and landslides in Japan overnight, police said Saturday. The deaths come after a series of landslides and floods earlier this week killed 15 people. Torrential rain hit Japan's southern main island of Kyushu on Friday, causing mudslides and floods that killed four people. A 73-year-old man was found dead after a mudslide struck his home late Friday in Fukuoka prefecture, located in Kyushu, a police official said. And a 54-year-old woman was found dead after her car was swept into an irrigation channel, while a 60-year-old man died after falling in a street ditch, Fukuoka police said.

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