Japan rains: Toll rises\, more areas warned of heavy rain

Japan rains: Toll rises, more areas warned of heavy rain

Mid-Day Tuesday, 7 July 2020 ()
The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan rose to 40 on Monday, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers searched for 10 missing people and rain threatened wider areas of the main island of Kyushu, officials said.

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Death toll rises in Japan flooding 00:59

 The death toll from days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan rose to 50 on Tuesday morning with another dozen people still missing, officials said. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 49 of the dead were from riverside towns in the Kumamoto prefecture, while one person was found...