Heavy rain in Kyushu 57 people died mainly in Kumamoto 2 people Cardiopulmonary arrest 12 people unknown Search continued July 8 0:46

The record heavy rains have killed 57 people, mainly in Kumamoto prefecture, two in cardiopulmonary arrest and 12 missing. There are still some areas where the damage has not been identified, and police, fire departments, the Self-Defense Forces, etc. will continue the search for 8 days.

Kumamoto Prefecture

In Kumamoto Prefecture, 14 people died in the water district of Kuma village in the Wata district, where the river water overflowed with Senjuen, a nursing home for the elderly.

In Kuma Village, 3 other people have died, leaving 17 dead in the village.

In Yamaga City, two couples, believed to be in their 80s, were found dead from a submerged car.

In addition
, 18 people were found in Hitoyoshi City,
10 people in Ashikita-cho,
4 people in Yatsushiro-shi
, 1 person in ▽Tsunagi-cho,
and two people who were thought to have been washed away by heavy rain were found in the sea. .. A total of 54 people have died in Kumamoto prefecture.

In addition, two people in Kumamura and ▽Yatsushiro City have cardiopulmonary arrest.

There are 10 people who are missing:
6 in Kuma Village,
2 in Tsunaki Town
, 1 in Yatsushiro City, and 1 in
Ashikita Town.

Kyushu and other prefectures

In addition, in Kyushu, an elderly woman was found in a flooded house in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and was subsequently confirmed dead, as well as the death of an 84-year-old man.

In addition, a man in his 60s who delivered a newspaper in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture is missing, and a lot of water enters a house along the Kusu River in Amase Town, Hita City, Oita Prefecture, where he lives 70 The whereabouts of a teenage woman has been lost and she has no idea where she is.

Prefectures other than Kyushu

Outside Kyushu, a worker who was working on a power outage restoration work in Kawanehoncho, Shizuoka Prefecture on June 6 was killed by a tree when he was removing a tree that had fallen due to heavy rain.

Due to the record heavy rain, there are some areas where the damage has not been grasped yet, and police, fire departments, the Self-Defense Forces, etc. will continue to search for it on the 8th, and we will proceed to confirm the damage.