The complex of a high school is submerged after heavy rain in Kurashiki (Koji Harada / Kyodo News via AP)
Death toll rises as heavy rains hit southern Japan
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pounded southern Japan for the third day, causing new warnings when the government reported 48 deaths and 28 presumed deaths. as-heavy-rain-hammer-south-japan-37092401.html
Heavy rains shook southern Japan for the third day, causing further disaster warnings as the government reported 48 dead and 28 presumed dead.
Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said that 92 people were unknown, mainly in the southern prefecture of Hiroshima.
More than 100 reports of victims were received, such as cars being taken away, he said. 19659004] "Rescue efforts are a battle over time," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters. "The rescue teams are doing their best."
A road is covered with mud after heavy rain in Hiroshima (Kyodo News via AP)
The Japan Meteorological Agency said three hours of rainfall in a region of Kochi Prefecture reached 26.3 cm (10.4 in), the highest level recorded since 1976.
The evaluation of the victims was difficult because of the fact extent of rainfall and floods. and landslides.
Authorities warn that landslides could hit even after the rain subsides, with potentially the worst calamity in decades
Kochi Prefecture on Shikoku issued warnings of landslides ground.
Public broadcaster NHK TV showed cars overturned on mud-covered roads. A convenience store worker, who had taken refuge on a nearby roof, said that the water had reached the height of his head
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The houses are damaged by mudslides after heavy rains in the city of Kure (Koji Harada / Kyodo News via AP)
A residential area in Okayama prefecture, on the 39th. main island of Honshu spreading like a huge lake.
Some people fled over rooftops and balconies and furiously agitated hovering helicopters. Military paddle boats were also used to bring people to the mainland.
Okayama Prefecture said three people were dead, six others were missing and seven were injured, one of them seriously
were inundated. The prefecture said in a statement that evacuation orders were issued to more than 910,000 people.
The Kyodo News Service reported several deaths during a landslide in Hiroshima and several bodies were found in the former capital of Kyoto. where rains have been abundant in recent days.
Throughout the hardest-hit areas, rivers swelled and cars parked in puddles.
Japan sent troops, firefighters, police and other disaster relief. People also use social media to ask for help.
In Ehime Prefecture, a woman was found dead on the second floor of a house buried by a landslide, Kyodo said.
Also in Ehime, two schoolgirls and their mother who were sucked into a mudslide were removed but could not be relaunched, she said.
