At least ten people are missing and more than 400,000 people have been forced from their homes after record rains battered south west Japan.<br /><br />1 dead, 20,000 evacuated as tropical storm Nanmadol batters western Japan https://t.co/hHgBP8Gf1R pic.twitter.com/j2HUV1R12l— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) July 6, 2017<br /><br /><br />In Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu , more than double the amount of rain normal for July fell in just nine hours.<br /><br />Some 7,500 rescuers including police firefighters and soldiers have been mobilised to help with evacuations.<br /><br />JAPAN: Severe Tropical Storm Nanmadol made landfall across SW Japan on Tuesday and is forecast to move across the S coast next 24hrs. Stav D pic.twitter.com/mP0p1bjVR0— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) July 4, 2017<br /><br /><br />The rain comes on the heals of a storm system that caused severe flooding across southern China that killed 56 people.<br />
