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NHK public television reported that 38 people had died, four were seriously injured and 47 were missing.
Television footage showed a residential area in Okayama Prefecture, oozing in brown water that was spreading like a huge lake. Some people fled to the roofs and balconies and furiously agitated hovering helicopters.
Okayama Prefecture stated that a man caught in a landslide died and that six other people were missing. Evacuation orders were issued to more than 360,000 people, the prefecture said in a statement.
In the affected areas, parked cars were sitting in water basins. NHK TV said the water had reached five meters in the most affected areas.
Kyodo's press service, which counted 34 people, said that a death had occurred during a landslide in Hiroshima. while the body of a child has been found in another area. The NHK said that a woman died in her house in Hiroshima when she was buried in a mudslide.
The badessment of all of the victims was a challenge because of the widespread damage. The NHK has repeatedly urged people waiting for relief not to lose hope
People at the top of a house almost overwhelmed by floods caused by heavy rains in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture , southwest of Japan, are waiting to be saved.
In Ehime Prefecture, a woman was found dead on the second floor of a house affected by a landslide, Kyodo said. Also in Ehime, two primary school girls and their mother who were sucked into a mudslide were saved, but their hearts did not beat, said Kyoto Prefecture who was working to control the floods of several dams and identified one. The death of a 52-year-old woman
Military water trucks were rushing into areas where water systems were no longer working, said Okayama Prefecture. Troops in camouflage helped people and animals reach the mainland on small military boats.
Evacuation orders were sent to 4.72 million people and 48,000 members of the self-defense forces, police and firefighters were mobilized. in Kyodo.
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