In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[Q]: More than 100,000 people have been evacuated and thousands of properties destroyed, after rare torrential rains saw a major river burst its banks north of Tokyo in Japan on Thursday. A further 800,000 people across eastern Japan have been advised to evacuate after officials issued pre-dawn warnings of unusually harsh rainfall to 5 million people. Dramatic footage shows people being plucked from their homes minutes before a tsunami-like wall of muddy water gushing from the Kinugawa river in Joso, carry their houses downstream. So far, two people have been reported missing: a man in his 70s and a 63-year old woman, both in Joso, which is home to some 65,000 people, as a wide area was deluged in the wake of Typhoon Etau.Tropical typhoon rain in Japan has seen the Kinugawa river, 30 miles north of Tokyo burst its banksThousands of people have had to be evacuated and hundreds of homes have been destroyed overnightHuge rains have also affected the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant, sending radiation water into the ocean 
 Question:In _, houses and vehicles were washed away along with some power lines, as military personnel headed to the area to help with the rescue mission.
[A]: Joso


[Q]: Islamic militants have unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks on Egyptian army checkpoints in the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers. The attacks came just two days after a ISIS car bomb assassinated one of the country’s top prosecutors, Hisham Barakat. Speaking at Mr Barakat's funeral, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi vowed to step up a two-year crackdown on militants. The scope and intensity of today's attack underscored the resilience and advanced planning by the militants who have for years battled Egyptian security forces in northern Sinai. Except for the attack at the officers’ club, the majority of the attacks took place in the town of Sheikh Zuweid and targeted at least six military checkpoints, officials said.Militants targeted up to 15 Egyptian army and police positionsThe co-ordinated terror attacks come after the assassination of Egypt's top prosecutor, Hisham Barakat in a deadly car bomb attackPresident Sisi has vowed to launch a fresh crackdown on Islamists 
 Question:It was later announced that Mr Barakat has since died from his wounds, leading to questions over whether the prosecutor's death will lead to a decline in the number of people being put on trial for being alleged radical _.
[A]: Islamic


[Q]: (CNN) The Australian Parliament passed a measure Wednesday legalizing medical marijuana. The amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act will allow cannabis to be legally grown for medical and scientific purposes for the first time in Australia. "This is an historic day for Australia and the many advocates who have fought long and hard to challenge the stigma around medicinal cannabis products so genuine patients are no longer treated as criminals," Minister for Health Sussan Ley said in a statement. "This is the missing piece in a patient's treatment journey and will now see seamless access to locally-produced medicinal cannabis products from farm to pharmacy."Australian Parliament passes a measure to legalize medical marijuanaLucy Haslam petitioned to legalize medical cannabis after her son used it to treat terminal cancerRecreational marijuana remains illegal 
 Question:Other patients in _ lauded the government for Wednesday's milestone.
[A]:
Australian