Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman said on Thursday, as intense heat and water shortages raised fear of disease among survivors of last week's floods and landslides.<br /><br />Torrential rain in western Japan caused the country's worst weather disaster in 36 years, killing 200 people, many in communities that have existed for decades on mountain slopes and flood plains largely untroubled by storms.<br /><br /><br />Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2018/07/12/japan-flood-toll-nears-200-sun-scorches-thousands-battling-thirst
