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Asian Games athletes forced to evacuate amid record rainfall in Japan

Name: Asian Games athletes forced to evacuate amid record rainfall in Japan
Start: 2026-09-09T06:45:12Z
Location: Japan

Japan · Asia region

detected 2026-09-09T06:45:12Z updated 2026-09-09T06:45:12Z

Rainwater leaked into competition venues a day before some preopening ceremony competitions beginning on Thursday.

Single-source report, not yet corroborated.

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Original source: RSS · Al Jazeera View original report ↗

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24 other events within 300 km in the 30 days around this event. This report has no exact coordinates, so it is shown at country level (shaded area).

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