Tokyo: Torrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in western and central Japan on Saturday, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 45 missing.
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| Residential buildings are damaged by a landslide in Sakacho, Hiroshima. |
Public broadcaster NHK said more than 1.6 million people were evacuated from their homes. Almost 50,000 rescue workers were responding to landslides, emergencies.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Honshu main island, urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong wind amid what it called "historic" rains.
The agency said that, although a weather front had settled between western and eastern Japan, there was a risk that heavy rains would continue as warm air flowed towards the front. Areas already saturated faced more rain on Sunday, it said.
Read the story by Thomas Wilson from The Age - “Dozens dead and missing as 'historic rains' and floods hit Japan.”
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