Tropical storm Jongdari is hitting the northern part of the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan.
Vote-counting has started in Cambodia's general election, which is expected to keep long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen in power.
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck the Indonesian resort island of Lombok, killing at least 10 people.
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Key words : tropical northern Kyushu
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Tropical storm Jongdari is hitting the northern part of the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan.
Meteorological Agency officials say the storm made landfall in Fukuoka Prefecture around 5:30 PM on Sunday after travelling across western Japan.
The storm is now moving west-southwest at 30 kilometers per hour.
Heavy rain and strong winds are likely to continue in the Shikoku and Kyushu regions as the storm is expected to slow down and linger off western Kyushu for some time.
Agency officials say parts of Shikoku and Kyushu may have more than 50 millimeters of rainfall an hour. They are predicting 150 to 200 millimeters of rainfall for these areas in the 24-hour period through Monday evening.
The agency is urging people to be prepared for landslides, overflowing rivers, floods in low-lying areas, high waves and storm surges.
Key words : Jongdari bringing extreme
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Tropical storm Jongdari is bringing extreme heat to areas along the Sea of Japan.
The daytime high on Sunday reached 39.5 degrees Celsius in Sanjo and Joetsu in Niigata Prefecture. These are the highest temperatures for the 2 cities since record-taking began in 1978.
The temperature in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, was 39 degrees.
Daytime highs exceeded 35 degrees in some parts of the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The temperature in the town of Higashikawa rose to 35.8 degrees.
Meteorological Agency officials attribute the intense heat to a Foehn phenomenon in areas along the Sea of Japan in the northern and eastern parts of the country.
They say warm winds around Jongdari flowed over mountains and down into these regions, pushing up temperatures.
The officials forecast that the scorching weather will continue across much of Japan next week and temperatures will reach 35 degrees or higher.
They are urging people to keep hydrated and to use air conditioners to avoid heatstroke.
Key words : Cambodia general election keep long
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Vote-counting has started in Cambodia's general election, which is expected to keep long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen in power.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party is likely to gain an easy victory because the largest opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, is not taking part.
The opposition party came a close second in the previous general election 5 years ago. But last year, its leader was arrested on suspicion of treason and the country's Supreme Court ordered the party to disband.
The Cambodia National Rescue Party called on its supporters to boycott the election, while the government urged people to vote in the hope that a high turnout will give the election legitimacy.
The election commission says the turnout was 58.80 percent halfway through the voting time.
The final turnout for the previous election was nearly 70 percent.
Preliminary results are expected by early Monday.
Key words : earthquake struck
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A magnitude-6.4 earthquake has struck the Indonesian resort island of Lombok, killing at least 10 people.
The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred at 6:47 AM, local time, on Sunday.
Indonesian disaster management officials say they have confirmed the deaths of 10 people. They say 40 others have been injured.
Footage from Lombok shows collapsed houses and a medical facility with its roof destroyed in a town on the east of the island.
Key words : bus has plunged off
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A bus has plunged off a mountain road into a deep gorge in India, leaving 32 people on board dead and another seriously injured.
Local police say the vehicle was carrying 33 people when it fell into a 150-meter deep gorge in the western state of Maharashtra on Saturday.
The passengers were employees of a local university who were on their way to a picnic.
Police say the road does not have guardrails. They say that at the time of the accident, the rain had made the road surface wet and visibility poor.
Frequent traffic accidents are a serious social problem facing India. Saturday's accident follows one that killed 48 in the north of the country on July 1st.
People are blaming a delay in implementing safety measures, such as putting up guardrails.
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Key words : 7 people suffered
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7 people suffered slight burns at a summer festival in northern Japan on Saturday night when a firework exploded as it fell to the ground.
Officials of Ninohe City in Iwate Prefecture reported the incident to the local fire department at around 8:20 PM on Saturday. 7 people were slightly burned, and one was taken to hospital.
The fireworks display was part of a festival held at a parking lot in the hot spring resort of Kintaichi. Police say about 1,000 spectators came. About 5 minutes after the display began, one firework reportedly fell to the ground before it could reach high in the sky and exploded near the ground.
The organizer called off the fireworks display part of the festival.
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