Fukuoka massive rains kill 2, displace 700,000

TOKYO: Torrential rains hit southwestern Japan, killing two persons and forcing over 700,000 to flee their homes, reports said.

A man was confirmed dead after being found in a minicar that had been swept away by floodwaters on a road in the city of Takeo, Saga Prefecture, while another man died after being helped out of his light vehicle by a neighbor, but was then washed away during flooding in Yame in the neighboring prefecture of Fukuoka, police said.