The infernal flood leaves 44 dead in Japan | Chronic

Torrential rains fell for several days in southern and western Japan left at least 44 dead and 21 missing, according to a new balance of authorities, who ordered the evacuation of nearly two millions of people Saturday. The public channel mentions a greater balance of victims.

However, the NHK public channel reported 51 dead and 44 missing at dawn on Sunday.

In addition to the rains, an earthquake of magnitude 5.9 on Saturday night shook the Kanto region (eastern Japan) and was felt in Tokyo, but without warning of tsunami risk, according to the report. Japanese Meteorological Agency.

The rains caused exceptional floods, landslides and floods, leaving many residents trapped despite local authorities' evacuation orders for 1.9 million people, according to the authorities.

Local media reported that the death toll could be much higher due to record rainfall in several regions (Hiroshima, Kyoto, Okayama, etc.).
In the prefectures of Ehime and Hiroshima, 33 people died, according to figures from the Agency for Fire and Natural Disaster Management.

Some 48,000 members of the fire and police and the self-defense forces (Japanese military) have been deployed to the affected areas but are facing great difficulties due to Access to certain areas of the fields.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe describes the situation of "extremely serious" and orders the deployment of all possible means to save lives.

The meteorological service placed several regions in a state of alert, warning that there was great risk of major damage. The emergency teams, for their part, tried to save the neighboring refugees on the roofs of their houses.

"Maximum vigilance is imposed" The meteorological services stopped repeating themselves, while the government launched a crisis unit.

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Dozens of homes have been partially or totally destroyed by water.

"I was in my car and suddenly the water came in front and behind, flooding the road, I managed to run away, but I did not get it. was afraid " he told the news Mainichi Yuzu Hori ] in the region of Hiroshima (southwest).

"The water took away my house, which was completely destroyed" [ToshihideTakigawa declared also in Hiroshima.

The rains exceeded one meter in 72 hours in several regions. The meteorological agency felt that levels like these had not been achieved for several decades and described these rains as "terrible" warning that they will last up to the end of the year. see you on Sunday.

Japan is often hit by important rain fronts in addition to typhoons, often fatal, that strike during the summer.

After landslides, many houses collapsed, roads and bridges were destroyed and entire neighborhoods flooded.

Many residents trapped in their homes sent messages via Twitter asking for help.

"Children can not get on the roof, the temperature of my body went down, save us quickly, help" asked a woman in Kurashiki, publishing a photo of a room flooded and describing the water He was already entering the second floor of his house.