(ANSA) - TOKYO, JULY 11 - Unsuccessful operations continue in south-western Japan, one week after the onset of torrential rains that have caused floods and landslides on large areas of the territory. The natural disaster has caused 63 deaths to date with at least 16 missing, according to the latest updates from local authorities.
According to data from the Ministry of the Environment, floods occurred along 92 rivers in 10 different prefectures of the Kyushu region, and 250 cases of devastation caused by landslides, most of which occurred in the prefecture of Kumamoto, where 12,600 homes suffered serious damage.
In conjunction with the beginning of the weekend, Japanese imedia reports, the initiatives of volunteers from different regions of the archipelago have increased to help organize the main access routes to villages cut off by landslides, helping to shovel the mud from the ryokans, the traditional Japanese inns, heavily damaged by the violence of the weather.
Bad weather is moving to the rest of the country until it reaches the central and north-eastern side. In the coming hours until Monday, the National Meteorological Agency (JMA) expects rainfall of up to 200 millimeters of water in the southern areas of Kyushu, Shikoku and Hokuriku, and values of 250 millimeters in the region of Tokai, along the coast west of the Pacific ocean, with the possible formation of strong thunderstorms etornado. (HANDLE).
Japan: bad weather causes 63 dead and 16 missing
2020-07-11T17:31:45.715Z
Rescue operations continue in south-western Japan, a week after the onset of torrential rains that have caused floods and landslides on large sections of the territory. (HANDLE)
