"The worst floods" in 35 years killed 124 people in Japan

Heavy rains, floods, landslides, thunderstorms, fog closed. In Japan, warnings about bad weather, which have raged in the country for three days, remain active. This Monday is the fourth day and, in some areas, the weather is starting to improve.

There are streets that are submerged – there are those who walk with their trousers rolled up to their thighs to not soak their clothes – the cars are buried in the mud and the houses are destroyed. Authorities confirm 124 deaths because of "worst floods since 1983". But the number of casualties may be higher now that search and rescue operations are under way. "The number of missing persons continues to increase, particularly in Hiroshima, one of the most affected areas," said the government spokesman. confirmed more than 100 dead: 47 in the region of Hiroshima, 36 to Okayama and 25 to Ehime. Still missing about 60 people. The Japanese government has given assurances that the areas affected by heavy rains will receive financial assistance to rebuild what has been destroyed by the weather. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also convened a second executive emergency meeting and canceled trips and appointments abroad.

More than one million people were asked to leave their homes, about ten thousand are in secure areas created by the protection to accommodate displaced persons. According to Reuters, more than 11,000 homes are without electricity. In Kurashiki City, Okayama province – one of the most affected – soldiers have been deployed to help elderly people leave their homes. 19459005 19459005 Miyuki Komada, 37, comes from Kurashiki. When water levels began to rise in the city, she tried calling her mother, 70 years old. Nobody answered. He tried again and nothing. Miyuki Komada's mother was at home, recovering from constipation. "If I had not gone, my mother would probably have been lying in bed without moving," the woman told CNN. Miyuki Komada was able to go to her mother's house with her brother and remove her when the mermaids who issued the evacuation order have already been heard on the streets. When they left the house, the water has passed the height of the knee. A few minutes later, a nearby dyke burst and the water level rose rapidly to the shoulders.

On Monday, the Nagano Meteorological Institute, Shizuoka, Aichi, Okayama, Kagoshima, Okinawa-honto Chiho In Japan, the Japanese had the red flag – the second most severe on a scale of four – in six provinces. However, a large part of the territory is under yellow warning – the third most serious – because of heavy rains, fog and seabed.