Asia rocked by severe flooding

Hong Kong - Asia was rocked by a series of disasters yesterday including deadly rainstorms in Japan, floods in China and the …

Hong Kong - Asia was rocked by a series of disasters yesterday including deadly rainstorms in Japan, floods in China and the inferno that killed 23 South Korean children as they slept in a camp dormitory.

In Japan, heavy seasonal rains across the country's west have brought severe flooding and caused hundreds of landslides, leaving at least 23 people dead and 14 missing, police said.

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