14 Feared Dead In Nursing Home As Heavy Rain Lashes Western Japan

This picture shows a house damaged by flooding due to torrential rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture on July 5, 2020. STR / JIJI PRESS / AFPFourteen people were feared dead at a nursing home in western Japan Saturday as record rainfall triggered massive floods and landslides, forcing authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than 200,000 residents.

Local officials separately said another person was also found in cardio-respiratory arrest in landslides in Kumamoto. They had previously said two were feared dead. Abe ordered 10,000 troops on stand-by for immediate deployment to join rescue and recovery operations, pledging the central government would “do its best to take emergency measures, prioritising people’s lives”.Television footage showed vehicles swamped at car parks near a flooding river, while several bridges were washed away.A building structure washed away by flooding due to torrential rain is seen on a street in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture on July 5, 2020.

A massive landslide destroyed several houses with rescuers searching for missing people through half-buried windows.

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