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Debris fill a small village after heavy rains on Sunday, July 8, 2018, in Kuchita-Minami, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. The search continued on Sunday night for dozens of victims still missing from heavy rains in southern Japan for the third day in a row. (AP Photo Haruka Nuga)
Japanese authorities continued their desperate search on Sunday for the victims of floods and landslides caused by record rains as storms continue to hit the southern part of the country. Killed in floods since Thursday, and at least 58 are missing.
"Rescue efforts are a battle over time," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters. Rescue forces are doing everything they can.
The region most affected by the floods was in the southern area of Hiroshima Prefecture, where a landslide hit a public housing complex in Hiroshima and flooded some 20 buildings.
Rescuers on the boats are heading towards the partially submerged area in the water after heavy rains in Kurashiki town, Okayama prefecture, south-east. West Japan, Sunday, July 8, 2018.
(Koji Harada / Kyodo News via AP)
A woman who was reported missing after being trapped in her car was found but was declared dead, Kyodo News Service reported. In another area of Hiroshima, 12 people were reported missing when a residential area was snorted by a landslide, and a body was found later.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency announced that three hours of rainfall in an area of Kochi reached 10.4 inches. , the highest since such records began in 1976, the Associated Press reported.
Public broadcaster NHK TV showed spilled cars on mud-covered roads and buildings with water almost up to the roofs.
A broken embankment is seen ahead in the flooded city of Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, southwest Japan, after heavy rains on Sunday July 8, 2018
(Shohei Miyano / Kyodo News via AP)
The assessment of the victims was difficult because of the vast area affected by rainfall, floods and landslides. The authorities warned that landslides could hit even after the rain subsided because the calamity could have become the worst of decades.
DEATH IS ENGAGED AS A HEAVY RAIN HAMMER SOUTH OF JAPAN
According to Kyodo News Service, more than 30,000 people were placed in shelters, and more than 30,000 people were placed in shelters following heavy rains in Kurashiki town, Okayama prefecture, in southwestern Japan. Sunday, July 8, 2018. Heavy rains hit southern Japan for the third day, triggering new disaster warnings on Kyushu and Shikoku islands on Sunday. (Shohei Miyano / Kyodo News via AP) “/>
People who are stranded in a flooded hospital are saved after heavy rains in Kurashiki town, Okayama prefecture, southwest Japan, Sunday, July 8 2018.
(Shohei Miyano / Kyodo News via AP)
