Floods in Japan: the number of deaths is around 200 because intense heat threatens the disease

Intense shortages of heat and water have caused epidemics in western Japan hit by floods. The record of the worst climate disaster in 36 years was 200.

More than 200,000 households The rains caused floods and caused landslides in western Japan, causing death and destruction of several decades-old communities built on mountain slopes and flood plains

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With daily temperatures above 30 ° C and high humidity, life in gymnasiums and other evacuation centers, where families unfurled on carpets, began to wreak havoc

. kneeling with the top of his body on the seat of a folding chair, arms on his eyes to keep the light.

With a few portable fans in the evacuation centers, many survivors tried to cool off with paper fans

The water supply meant that people were not getting enough fluids and were likely to suffer from heat stroke, authorities said. People are also reluctant to use the water they have to wash their hands, which makes them fear epidemics.

"Without water, we can not clean anything, we can not wash anything," said a man on the NHK television channel.

The government sent tanker trucks into the disaster area, but

More than 70,000 military, police and firefighters worked through the debris in a grim search for the missing.

Some teams shoveled dust in bags and stacked bags in trucks. Others used excavators and chainsaws to work through landslides and fragmented buildings.

Many areas were buried deep in the mud that smelled of sewage and hardened in the heat, making research more difficult