In pictures: Battling the deadly Japan floods
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Jul 07, 2018, 19:56 IST | Updated: Jul 07, 2018, 19:56 IST
The historic floods in Japan have killed at least 64 people, caused billions worth of damages and caused over two million people to evacuate
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Japan flood
Local residents sit in a boat as they are rescued from a flooded area at a hospital in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. "Rescues, saving lives and evacuations are a race against time," Abe said as he met with a government crisis cell set up to respond to the disaster.
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Togetsu bridge on the Katsura River
The death toll from unprecedented rains in Japan rose to at least 64 on Sunday after rivers burst their banks and forced several million people from their homes. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said about 48,000 police, firefighters and members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces were responding to appeals for help.
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People recused from the flooded area
The disaster is the deadliest rain-related crisis in Japan since 2014 when at least 74 people were killed in landslides caused by torrential downpours in the Hiroshima region.
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Local resisdents in flooded area
An aerial view shows local residents seen on the roof of the submerged house at a flooded area as they wait for a rescue in Kurashiki, southern Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan's main island of Honshu, urging vigilance against landslides, rising rivers and strong wind amid what it called "historic" rains.
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Flooded houses and a railway track in Kurashiki
Yoshihide Fujitani, a disaster management official in Hiroshima prefecture carrying out rescue operations around and they are also looking after evacuees and restoring lifeline infrastructures like water and gas.
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Submerged houses
Torrential rains pounded some parts of western Japan with three times the usual precipitation for a normal July and set off landslides and sent rivers surging over their banks, trapping many people in their houses or on rooftops.
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People rescued from Mabi memorial hospital
People are rescued by boats from Mabi Memorial Hospital that was isolated due to flood damage caused by heavy rain in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture on July 8, 2018.
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Derailed train
An emergency crew works at the site after a train derailed due to landslides caused by heavy rain in Karatsu city, Saga prefecture on July 7, 2018. The meteorological agency issued its highest level alert for two new regions on Sunday, while lifting the alerts for other areas where rains were subsiding.
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Collapsed road due to heavy rain in Higashihiroshima
In the town of Mihara, in the south of the Hiroshima region, a temporary let-up in rain laid bare the devastation wrought by the downpours. Roads were closed and train services suspended in parts of western Japan.
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