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By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Issei Kato
KURASHIKI, Japan (Reuters) – Rescuers in western Japan dunk through mud and rubble early on Tuesday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain that began last week unleashed floods and landslides that killed up [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe] [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe] [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe] [Prime Minister Shinzo Abe]
Officials said the general economic impact was not clear
Rain tapered off from the western region on Monday to reveal blue skies and a scorching.
"We can not take baths, the toilet is not working and our food is running low," said Yumeko Matsui, whose home in the city of Mihara, in Hiroshima prefecture, has been without water since Satur
"The 23-year-old nursery school worker said to an emergency water supply station.
Some 11,200 households had no electricity, power
According to NHK public television, the death toll was at 126 by Tuesday morning, with another six people in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest – a term Japanese authorities often use to Who did not pronounce officially pronounced dead by a doctor.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he had been forced to leave the city and was in charge of the land. Belgium, France, Saudi Arabia and Egypt because of the disaster.
Industry operations have also been hit, with the Mazda Motor Corp. saying it was forced to close its head office in Hiroshima on Monday.
Daihatsu, which suspended production on Friday at the end of four plants, said it would run the second half of the day. Monday.
Electronics maker Panasonic
GRIM RECOVERY
Refineries and oil terminals were not affected but blockages in the direction of the oil spill. Showa Shell oil terminal in Hiroshima
"If the rainfall affects s "said Norihiro Fujito, chief investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ's Morgan Stanley Securities.
" Otherwise, the impact will be limited. "
Elsewhere, people soldiered with the
The floodwaters slowly receded in Kurashiki city's Mabi district, one of the hardest hit areas, leaving a thick coat of brown mud and cars turned over or half-submerged, as residents returned to the mess [19659023] "I've never experienced anything like this, and I've lived for more than 70 years," said Hitoko Asano, 71.
"The washing machine, refrigerator, microwave, toaster, PC – they ' re all destroyed, "she said as she cleaned her two-story house.
" Clothes in the drawers were all damaged by muddy water, we will not even bother to wash them. I would not help wondering how much it will cost to repair this. "
At one landslide in Hiroshima, shattered piles of lumber marked the sites of former homes, television images showed. 19659027] Although evacuation orders were scaled back from the weekend, some 1.7 million people still face the orders of
The economic impact was being assessed.
"I ' "Toshiro Miyashita, Bank of Japan's Fukuoka branch manager, who oversees the Kyushu region, told a news conference.
Japan monitors weather conditions and issues warnings early, but its dense population means that it is likely to be used in the most mountainous countries, leaving it prone to disasters.
(Additional reporting by Elaine Lies, Shinichi Saoshiro, Naomi Tajitsu, Tomisawa Ayai, Linda Sieg, Osamu Ts ukimori, Leika Kihara and Tetsushi Kajimoto; Writing by Elaine Lies; Editing by Robert Birsel and Paul Tait)
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