TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s disaster management agency says the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing.
Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan’s southern region of Kyushu has triggered widespread flooding.
YATSUSHIRO, JAPAN – JULY 06: People made homeless after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides, shelter in a gymnasium on July 6, 2020 in Yatsushiro, Japan. Around 37 people are believed to be dead and many missing after unprecedented torrential rain fell in Kumamoto prefecture causing widespread flooding and landslides. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 49 of the dead confirmed as of Tuesday morning were from riverside towns in the Kumamoto region. One person was found dead in Fukuoka as the heavy rain spread across the southern area. At least a dozen people are missing.
Rescue operations have been hampered by the floodwater and continuing harsh weather.
Rescue workers search for missing people at a landslide site caused by heavy rain in Tsunagi, Kumamoto prefecture on July 7, 2020. – Emergency services in western Japan were “racing against time” to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides, with at least 50 feared dead and more torrential rain forecast. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)
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