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Rescuers help climbers stranded on Yakushima Island

Tokyo, May 19 (UNI) At least 314 people stranded by heavy rains — many of them overnight — managed to descend a mountain on Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture with the help of rescuers from the Japan Coast Guard, the Ground Self-Defense Forces and others on Sunday.
According to a Kyodo report, the hikers in more than 10 cars and buses were forced to spend the night in the vehicles and in a mountain cabin when flooding and landslides blocked roads after a total of about 120 millimeters of rain fell per hour on Saturday.
Some even spent the night outdoors while it was still raining.
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