Death toll from torrential rain in western Japan rises to 126

KYODO NEWS

- Jul 10, 2018 - 07:28 All,Urgent,Japan

Residents clean up a street in Seki, Gifu Prefecture on July 8, 2018, after it was flooded following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Residents try to clear dirt from a street in Higashihiroshima on July 8, 2018, after it was flooded following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken July 8, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an overturned car on a portion of a road that collapsed in Hiroshima following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows houses damaged by a landslide in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 8, 2018, following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rescue workers are seen near damaged houses in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture on July 8, 2018, following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A woman cleans up her home in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 9, 2018, after it was submerged following torrential rain that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

A woman walks by debris piled up on a street in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on July 9, 2018, after torrential rain hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Rescue workers are searching for survivors at a landslide site in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on July 8, 2018, following torrential rains that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photo taken July 8, 2018, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a collapsed street in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, following torrential rain that hit a wide area of western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

LATEST UPDATE: Rescuers race against time to find missing as western Japan flood toll hits 146The death toll from widespread flooding and landslides in western Japan rose to 126 on Monday with more than 80 people missing and tens of thousands displaced in the wake of torrential rain.The number of deaths, reported in 12 prefectures, is the highest caused by downpours in Japan since 1982, when cataracts of rain hit Japan's southwestern area around Nagasaki Prefecture, leaving 299 people dead or missing.Although downpour since Thursday has ceased in most disaster-hit areas, the Japan Meteorol…READ FULL ARTICLE

Death toll from torrential rain in western Japan rises to 126

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