ASAKURA • Japanese rescue crew took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday to search for survivors of torrential rain, floods and landslides, as the death toll from several days of freak weather rose to 16, the NHK state broadcaster reported..
ASAKURA • Japanese rescue crew took advantage of a break in the weather yesterday to search for survivors of torrential rain, floods and landslides, as the death toll from several days of freak weather rose to 16, the NHK state broadcaster reported.
The authorities warned of more downpours over the weekend, compounding the misery that the summer storms have brought to south- west Japan since Wednesday.
Some neighbourhoods have been devastated by flooding and landslides, and rescue workers and residents have been picking their way through expanses of broken, waterlogged trees, branches and mud.
Asakura was pounded by more than 600mm of rain in the 24 hours to 5am yesterday, according to Japan’s weather agency.
