50 people dead, a dozen missing due to floods in Japan

At least 50 people have died, while almost a dozen remain missing as torrents of rainfall and flooding battered a widespread area in southwestern Japan on Saturday. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued the highest possible alert for Okayama, Nagasaki, Saga, Tottori, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Gifu and Fukoka, the local media reported. As per the local media reports, the water in worst-hit areas had reached as high as 5 metres (16 feet).

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