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Consequences of a deadly flood in Japan
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A local resident stacks garbage from a flood at a temporary garbage collection center Kurashiki Mabi Clean Center, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Local residents try to clean up mud and debris in a flood-affected area in the city of Mabi in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
A statue of Daikokuten gods in muddy wood is seen on garbage in a flooded area of Mabi town in Kurashiki, prefecture of & Okayama, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local resident pauses to clear mud and debris in flood-affected area in Mabi town of Kurashiki, Okayam Prefecture a, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Muddy watches are observed on a landslide site in Kumano City, Hiroshima Prefecture. 11, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
L Local residents are trying to clear debris in a flood-affected area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, Japan, July 12, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local residents are in a flooded area in Kurashiki City in Okayama Prefecture. Japan, 12 July 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
A local resident attempts to clean mud and debris from his home in a flood-affected area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan , July 12, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local residents are trying to clean up mud and debris in a flood-affected area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, on July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 12, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local residents pile garbage, caused by a flood, into a temporary collection center garbage at the Kurashiki Mabi Clean Center, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
AJ An Apan Self Defense Forces soldier collects commemorative photos of debris on a slip site of land caused by heavy rains in Kumano City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on July 11, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
in a temporary garbage collection center at Mabi Clean Center of Kurashiki, prefecture Okayama, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
A local resident is attempting to clean up mud and debris in a flood-affected area in the city of Mabi. Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local residents pile garbage, caused by a flood, into a temporary garbage collection center at the Kurashiki Mabi Clean Center, prefecture Okayama, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
A submerged car is sighted in a flooded area of Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, on July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Local residents are trying to clean mud and debris from a house in a flood-affected area in Mabi's own Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
Broken refrigerators, caused by a flood, are seen at a temporary collection point at the Mabi Clean Center in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
A local resident dice tent blay debris in a flood-affected area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture, Japan, July 12, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Prefecture of Okayama, Japan, July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Issei Kato
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KURASHIKI, Japan, July 13 (Reuters) – Municipal workers in western Japan struggled Friday to restore water supply a week after floods caused by a record rainfall killed more than 200 people in the worst disaster of this kind in 36 years
30 degrees Celsius (86 ° F) like smelly garbage piling up on mud-covered streets.
"We need the water supply," said Hiroshi Oka, 40, a resident helping to clean the Mabi district. most affected areas, Kurashiki town, where more than 200,000 households remained without water for a week
"What we get is a thin trickle of water, and we can not empty the toilet or wash our He added, standing on a plastic tank of 20 liters (4.4 gallons) that was only partially filled after almost four hours of waiting.
Water has been restored in parts of the district, a municipal official told Reuters, but he did not know when normal operations would resume, as engineers tried to locate pipeline breaks.
More than 70,000 soldiers, Police and firefighters have deployed to deal with the aftermath of the floods, according to the government, there have been 204 deaths with dozens of missing
large piles of straw mats, chairs, and libraries. tatami everywhere in Mabi The smell of a leak of gasoline, mixed with a sour smell of mud and debris, fills the air.
The weather has raised concerns that residents, often still in temporary evacuation centers, are suffering from heat stroke or disease. 19659028] Shizuo Yoshimoto, a doctor who travels through evacuation centers, said that an urgent challenge was to bring the necessary medications to diabetic and hypertensive patients who had been forced to leave their homes or whose clinics were closed.
a few cases where patients are unable to get drugs, "he said. "The question is how to maintain treatments for people suffering from chronic diseases, but also acute illnesses, because heat stroke is on the rise."
The public broadcaster NHK has issued advice on high temperatures and l & # 39; hygiene. a tutorial on making a diaper with the help of a plastic towel and shopping bag.
More than 70,000 military, police and firefighters have deployed to badist in the rescue operation.
Yoshihide Suga, spokesman for the government "People still need to be aware of the possibility of new landslides," he told reporters.
Severe weather has hit Japan more and more in recent years, including similar floods. the year that killed dozens of people, raising questions about the impact of global warming.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who canceled a planned trip abroad to deal with the rescue effort, visited Kurashiki on Thursday. said he was aiming to visit other areas affected by the floods on Friday and over the weekend. (Additional report by Kaori Kaneko, Writing by Tim Kelly and Elaine Lies Editing by Nick Macfie)
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