Intensive rescue work after floods in Japan

Last week's landslide and heavy snowfall have wiped out western Japan. Although the rain has decreased in intensity and the water levels have collapsed, you are not breathing. There is always a risk of new floods and landslides, warns the authorities.

At the end of Tuesday a flooded river in Hiroshima after being blocked by the storms of the storm. According to Reuters, about 20,000 people will be affected and authorities issued an eviction order.

There are different data on the number of deaths, but according to Reuters, referring to figures from the Japanese authorities, the number of people rose to more than 155 people Tuesday, and several dozen are still missing. About two million people in the most affected areas of southwestern Japan have been asked to leave their homes.

Rescuers wrestle in clay under bright sun looking for missing, in some places it is up to 35 degrees warm . According to TT, about 70,000 firefighters, health workers and military will participate in the work and, on Tuesday, they were able to access some previously isolated areas. Efforts are complicated by ever-high water levels, destroyed roads, clay and bumps.

The most comprehensive rescue operation was conducted Sunday in Kurashiki, in western Japan. About 170 people should have been saved from one of the hospital balconies and get safe with the help of army boats, reports The Guardian.

– I am very grateful to the rescuers. I feel a great relief from being saved from such a smelly and dark place, "said Shigeyuki Asano, 79, a patient at the hospital, at the newspaper.

Japanese Authorities intensify relief efforts.According to the BBC, schools and sports facilities have been opened for those who have lost their homes and authorities are working to help people affected by basic necessities like food and food. water

– My body is sticky because I could not wash, says a 70-year-old woman in the Japan Times.

With 200 other people, she was housed in a primary school in Kurashiki In the west of Japan, she was helped by rescue personnel after being sealed in her house with water up to the chest.

Tuesday, Crisis Group The government has met in Tokyo to discuss rescue efforts. According to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, trucks carrying food from now on are considered emergency vehicles, writes the Japan Times.

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More than 200,000 households are deprived of water, reports Reuters. This in combination with rising temperatures poses major risks to health.