Dozens dead, missing in Japan as heavy rain causes floods, mudslidesRescuers are searching for 14 people missing after floods hit the Kumamoto region on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu. TOKYO: About 34 people are either confirmed or feared dead -- including 14 at a nursing home -- after torrential rain in Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides, authorities said Sunday. Fourteen of those feared dead were at a nursing home inundated when local rivers broke their banks. The manager of a tour bus company in Hitoyoshi feared that the rain had destroyed all 23 of his buses. A young man trying to clean a mud-covered restaurant in Hitoyoshi told JNN: "After corona, we have this.

Source: Bangkok Post July 05, 2020 11:37 UTC