The death toll rises to 81 due to torrential rains in Japan – National

Dozens of members of the staff and patients were saved from the pilgrimage. The hospital in boats rowed by members of Japan's self-defense forces An official of the city said that 170 patients and staff had been evacuated while the public broadcaster NHK later said about 80 people were still "I'm very grateful to the rescuers," said Shigeyuki Asano, a 79-year-old patient who spent a night without electricity or water.

"I am so relieved that I am released"

Kurashiki, with a population of just under 500,000, was among the hardest hit by the rains that hit many parts of the country. Japan The number of deaths exceeded 77 deaths in heavy rain and landslides in 2014 and the highest since a typhoon that killed 98 people in 2004.

TV footage showed a rescue operation mbadive, with 2,310 saved in the city at night, according to NHK, while

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The overall rainfall record of 1945-19003 in Japan amounted to 81 at least Sunday after floods forced several million people into their homes, media reports and managers of fires and disasters The NHK said that 58 more people were missing, and that other rains would hit them. some areas at least one more day.

Rain triggered landslides and rivers, trapping many people in their homes or

"This is an extremely dangerous situation," said a Japanese Meteorological Agency official (19459003) in Japan .

A three-year-old girl whose home was hit by a landslide in Hiroshima Prefecture was found dead by a research team.

"It's very painful," said an elderly man watching. "I have a little girl of the same age.If it was her, I could not stop crying."

The Government of Japan set up a center for emergency management in the Prime Minister's Office and some 54,000 military, police and military Japan

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"There are still many missing persons and others who need help, We are working against time," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday morning.

Two sisters from an elementary school of only six students on the small island of Nuwa in Ehime Prefecture were among the dead. The youngest, a freshman, was a star and the hope of the island depopulated, the director told NHK

"It was such a sudden disaster, I simply can not not master it, "said the director. 19659009] Emergency warnings for heavy rainfall in 11 prefectures – the largest since the introduction of a new warning system in 2013 – had been lifted in the evening, but warnings heavy rains and landslides remained in effect in many areas. shops with shelves mostly naked while elsewhere, residents lined up to receive water. Roads were closed and train services were suspended in parts of Japan while Shinkansen's high-speed rail services were resuming on a limited date after being suspended on Friday.

The rain began late last week while the remains of a typhoon were feeding a seasonal rain front.

Car manufacturers, including Mazda Motor Corp and Daihatsu Motor Co, suspended their activities Saturday in several factories.

The electronics manufacturer Panasonic Corp. said that a factory in Okayama, in the west in Japan could not be reached because of the closures of roads, although it had been closed for the weekend anyway. A decision about next week would be made on Monday, he said.