Victims of record rainfall in southern Japan were 45 people, another 10 were missing

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Heavy rains led to severe flooding in the settlements houses were flooded on the roof, and also numerous landslides. As a result of the disaster killed dozens of residents

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At the end of last week heavy rains hit the South of Japan. While the hardest-hit Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, some areas of which fell a record rainfall.

Heavy rains led to severe flooding in the settlements houses were flooded on the roof, and also numerous landslides. As a result of the disaster killed dozens of residents. Thus far, 45 dead – confirmed the death of 44 people, 1 there are no signs of vital functions. Missing are 10 people, informs broadcasting Corporation NHK.

According to authorities, the full scale of the damage could not yet be assessed. Nine rivers, including the Kuma river, overflowed the banks, which led to the flooding of large areas. Landslides had demolished houses and blocked roads.

Police officers, firefighters and self-defense forces continue to conduct search and rescue operations. In more than ten districts of Kumamoto Prefecture people remain cut off from the outside world. Work is underway to ensure speedy access to them, including the construction of temporary roads.

Just to Kumamoto flooding recorded in the area of about thousand acres. In evacuation centers are now about 1.5 thousand people. Flooded at least eight hospitals, they are left without electricity or fresh water, reports TASS.

According to the meteorological control of the country, heavy rains will go to Kyushu, all through Monday. Meanwhile, the center of the zone of low pressure moved East to the island of Shikoku, where the day can drop to 300 mm of precipitation.

July 6 is the most difficult situation in the Prefecture of Nagasaki in the West of Kyushu. Here because of the heavy rain the evacuation orders received 310 thousand residents.

Warning rains, not seen for several decades, also declared in the prefectures Fukuoka and Saga. Local residents are encouraged to be saved in buildings with a solid Foundation in the case that access to asylum is too dangerous. If you are unable to leave their homes, people are advised to stay on the upper floors of buildings on the opposite side from the closest slopes.

Kumamoto Prefecture:

熊本 人吉市九日町 商店街が水没
“車や自動販売機など何もかもが流されている”https://t.co/AVBxFgRRWK pic.twitter.com/SrMKGwx2nE— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) July 4, 2020

熊本県球磨村で正午ごろに住宅の2階から撮影された映像です。地区にある家の多くが、屋根の部分まで水につかっています。
撮影した男性によりますとその後、水はある程度引いたものの家族と近所の人の合わせて6人で自宅の2階に避難したということです。https://t.co/5wdn2GowSM pic.twitter.com/CpO7RdYLTx— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) July 4, 2020