Heavy rain damage 74 deaths in Kumamoto Prefecture 15 missing 15 July 18 19:18

According to NHK's compilations through broadcasting stations around the world, this record heavy rain has killed 74 people and left 15 missing, mainly in Kumamoto prefecture.

Kumamoto Prefecture

In Kumamoto Prefecture
, 14 people were killed in the Kuma-murato district, because of the river water overflowing with Senjuen, a nursing home for the elderly.
In Kuma Village, 10 other people were killed, and a total of 24 people died.

In addition,
19 people died in Hitoyoshi City,
11 people in Ashikita-cho
, 5 people in Yatsushiro-shi, 3 people in
Tsunaki-cho,
and 2 people died in Yamaga-shi.

The death toll in Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 64.

In addition, the number of people who are missing is
two in ▽Yatsushiro City, two in
▽Tsunagi Town, one in
▽Kuma Village, and one in
▽Akitakita Town for a total of six people.

In addition, we received information that we could not contact our family and acquaintances, and in Hitoyoshi City that was flooded in a wide area, the police confirmed that the safety of three people was unknown at 9:30 am on the 14th. Is proceeding.

Kyushu and others

In Kyushu,
two men and women in their 80s died in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

▽ In Oita prefecture, in Yufuin town, Yufu city, a car with four family members was washed away by a river, and a woman in her 80s was found dead. On the 14th, the body of one male was found on the bank of the Oita River, which flows through Oita City in the downstream, and the police are confirming the identity.
In Oita prefecture, 1 other person is missing in Hita city, and a total of 5 people are still missing.

▽In Nagasaki Prefecture, a man in his 50s who was believed to have been washed away in a river in Tsushima City was found dead.

▽In Kagoshima Prefecture, a man in his 60s who was delivering newspapers in Minamisatsuma City was missing, but a body was found on the riverbed of the river flowing through the city on the 14th, and the police confirmed it as this man. We are.

Other than Kyushu

Outside Kyushu,
▽A woman in her 80s in Ikata-cho was found dead in a canal in Ehime Prefecture, and a 79-year-old man was found dead in a canal in Saijo City.

▽In Shizuoka prefecture, a worker who was working on the restoration work of the power outage in Kawanehoncho was hit by a tree and died while removing the fallen tree.

▽In Nagano prefecture, a 73-year-old man died in a landslide in Iida city. The number of people missing is increasing.

▽In Hiroshima Prefecture, the back mountain of a house collapsed in Kisa Higashi Hiroshima City, and the whereabouts of two men and women who are considered to be parents and children living in this house are unknown.

▽In Toyama Prefecture, a man in his 70s, who had been adjusting the lock in Tateyama Town, was washed away by an irrigation canal and is missing.