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In heavy storms with unusually heavy rains, at least 65 people died in Japan. Millions of Japanese people should leave their homes. The relaxation is not in sight.
The number of people killed in Japan by violent storms increased to at least 65. 45 people were still missing, reported the NHK news channel. Four other people were in critical condition.
The photos showed the bad consequences of the rain since Thursday: flooded streets, muddy houses, landslides. Particularly affected by the heavy rains was the region around the Hiroshima megacity. Only there, 27 dead and 21 missing persons were reported. 19 people died on the main island of southwest Shikoku.
Millions of people leave their homes
The number of victims could increase even more. About 3.6 million people in 18 prefectures were asked to leave their homes, including 1.8 million in Hiroshima alone. Others had to flee on the roofs of the buildings. Hundreds of homes were damaged and thousands of helpers were deployed, according to the Kyodo News Agency.
In Okayama West Prefecture, about 200 people, including children and the elderly, were locked up in a hospital. Flooded area. A nurse told NHK that the electricity and water supply was interrupted, that there were bottlenecks in the food supply.
More precipitation expected
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned against a "race against time". The fate of many people is still not clear.
A slackening of the situation is not in sight, even today, meteorologists expect heavy rains. The situation is "extremely dangerous". The meteorological authority warned of other landslides and floods. Especially in the prefectures of Kyoto and Gifu, there is "unprecedented rainfall". In a region of Kochi Province, the Japanese Meteorological Service recorded 260 millimeters of rainfall in three hours, the highest level since records began in 1976.
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