TOKYO: Record heavy rain forced the evacuation of thousands of people across parts of northern Japan as rivers burst their banks, washing away bridges and cars, officials and media reports said on Friday .
A man in his 60s was missing after a landslide at roadworks in Yuzawa City, while an 86-year-old man was unaccounted for after last being seen on a river bank in Akita City, the police told AFP.A local official told AFP in Yamagata, where two rivers burst their banks, that “three people, including two police officers who were on a mission searching for a missing man, are unaccounted for”.
Some motorways were closed in the area and Shinkansen bullet trains suspended operations, government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.
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