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D According to the authorities, the number of people killed by heavy storms in Japan has risen to at least 48. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Sunday against a "race against the clock" to save the flood victims. The fate of many people is still not clear.
There is concern that the death toll continues to increase. Local media reported more than 50 dead and dozens missing.
One-day torrential rains in parts of Japan caused floods and landslides, and the weather service reported heavy rains for the weekend. Tokyo also had a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on Saturday.
Hundreds of people were injured by heavy rains and dozens of homes were completely destroyed. More than two million people have had to leave their homes. In Okayama's western prefecture, about 200 people, including children and the elderly, were locked in a hospital after a river overflowed the riverbanks and flooded the area. A nurse told the NHK station that electricity and water supply was interrupted, that there were bottlenecks in the food supply.
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