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Two mountain fires in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which erupted Wednesday, had burned over 200 hectares by Thursday morning. Self-Defense Forces helicopters were deployed to combat the blazes, which destroyed seven structures and forced 245 evacuations amid a recent earthquake aftermath. The town, scarred by the 2011 tsunami, faces added risks from dry weather.
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The department of public works and highways in northern mindanao announced a more than p46 million detour near a collapsed highway section linking cagayan de oro, bukidnon, and davao to open in january 2026. This follows an october landslide that killed an elderly couple and severed traffic between northern mindanao and davao regions. The disruption is causing estimated economic losses of at least p187 million daily.