Heavy rain disasters Kumamoto missing people continue to search for missing 200 people in Tsunagi Town July 12, 14:02
In Kumamoto prefecture, where six people are still missing due to the heavy rain disaster, police and other search activities are continuing. On the 11th, a missing person is being searched for at the site of Tsunagi-cho, where one's body was found.
In Kumamoto Prefecture, the Kuma River has been flooded and landslides have been occurring all over the place, resulting in enormous damage.
Among them, in Tsunagi-machi, in the southern part of the prefecture, one house has been crushed by the collapsed mountainside, leaving two parents and children missing.
According to police, a man found to be a 58-year-old son of two out of two people was found dead in a search on the 11th, and police, fire department, Self-Defense Forces, etc. have about 200 people on the 12th and put police dogs on the scene. We continue to search for the remaining missing persons by carefully removing dirt using heavy equipment.
The rain, which had been hindering search operations, stopped on the 12th, but the temperature rose from the morning and became hot and humid, and the members were searching for it while sweating.
An 84-year-old man living in the neighborhood worriedly said, "When there was a landslide, there was a loud sound like thunder. I want the missing person to be found soon."