After the devastating Floods and landslides the search for missing people continues in Japan. The Rescue workers have been working tirelessly, said a government spokesman in the Kumamoto region in the morning. The authorities had until Sunday 16 people died approved. At least a dozen other missing persons were searched. Tens of thousands of emergency services staff combed the ruins of houses.
According to the local authorities, 14 of the fatalities came in one flooded nursing home Kuma municipality died, two more were buried in landslides. Heavy rains had triggered floods and landslides in the southwestern region around Kumamoto and Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu on Saturday. The Kuma River burst its banks, the masses of water tore away cars and bridges and flooded streets and towns.
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