China News Service, July 15th. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report, in recent days, many places around the Kyushu region of Japan have caused 77 people to die due to river flooding and geological disasters caused by rare heavy rains. About 1.5 in 24 counties across the country Ten thousand houses were damaged to varying degrees.
Recently, Kyushu, Japan and other places have suffered heavy rains, causing floods and debris flows. The picture shows a quarry in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture was destroyed by the flood.
At present, in addition to the 77 people who have been confirmed killed, there are 10 people whose whereabouts are unknown. Of the victims, 71 were from the Kyushu area, and the remaining 6 were from places other than Kyushu such as Hiroshima and Nagano.
At present, the local police, fire and self-defense forces are continuing to search and rescue missing persons.
According to the statistics of the Fire Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, as of 2 p.m. local time on the 15th, the heavy rain has caused about 15,000 houses in 24 counties centered on the Kyushu region, causing varying degrees of damage, some of which The house even collapsed.