日本暴雨引发洪水，两人死亡

Torrential rains caused floods and landslides on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu on Wednesday (local time), killing at least two people and prompting authorities to issue a rare emergency warning and evacuation orders for nearly 850,000 people.

当地时间周三，日本南部九州岛遭遇暴雨，引发洪水和山体滑坡，造成至少两人死亡，当局罕见地发布紧急警报，并下令疏散近85万人。

One man was killed when his car was washed away in Saga prefecture, where some areas were hit by more than 100 mm of rainfall in an hour, public broadcaster NHK said.

据日本广播公司NHK报道，佐贺县一名男子的汽车被冲走，导致一名男子死亡。佐贺县部分地区每小时降雨量超过100毫米。

Another man in Fukuoka prefecture died after being swept away as he got out of his car, media said. A woman in Saga was found without vital signs after her car fell into a waterway, NHK said.

据媒体报道，福冈县另一名男子在下车时被冲走，随后死亡。日本放送协会(NHK)表示，佐贺市的一名女子在她的汽车坠入水道后被发现没有生命体征。

Television footage showed roads and railroad stations inundated and people wading knee-deep in flooded streets after several rivers broke their banks.

电视画面显示，几条河流决堤后，道路和火车站被淹没，人们在齐膝深的积水街道上跋涉。

The Ground Self Defense Force - Japan’s military - said it had deployed about 100 troops for disaster relief after a request from Saga prefecture.

日本军方地面自卫队(ground self-defense force)表示，应佐贺县的请求，已部署了约100名官兵进行救灾。

Public transportation and businesses were affected.

公共交通和商业受到影响。

Toyota Motor Corp said it would suspend work on Wednesday evening at a factory in Kyushu that builds Lexus cars.

丰田汽车公司(Toyota Motor Corp)周三晚表示，将暂停在九州一家生产雷克萨斯(Lexus)轿车的工厂的工作。

Daihatsu Motor also said it would stop work at factories in the region.

大发汽车也表示，将停止在该地区工厂的工作。

Japan’s meteorological agency assigned the highest alert level of 5, issuing an emergency warning to residents in large parts of northern Kyushu as they experienced torrential rains only seen once in a few decades.

日本气象厅将最高警戒级别定为5级，并向九州北部大部分地区的居民发出紧急警告，因为这些地区几十年来只下过一次暴雨。