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At least 1 dead, scores missing in Japan's rain-pummeled southwest

TorrentialrainhaspummeledKyushu,thesouthwesternmostofJapan'smainislands,leavingonepersondeadandatleast11unaccountedforduetointensivefloodingandmudslidesinthereg

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Shock of April 16 quake intensified due to another temblor in Oita

The impact of the magnitude-7.3 temblor that hit Kumamoto Prefecture on April 16 was compounded by a small earthquake that struck shortly after in neighboring Oita Prefecture, seismologists say.