In this July 12, 2012 photo, residential streets are submerged after a river overflowed its banks in Kumamoto, Kumamoto prefecture on Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Heavy rains hit southern Japan, triggering flashfloods, mudslides and destroying dozens of homes.
PHOTO: Masanobu Nakatsukasa/Yomiuri Shimbun/AP
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