TOKYO, July 11 (Xinhua) — Heavy rainfall within the Kyushu area, southwestern Japan, has left six folks useless and three others lacking, native media reported on Tuesday.
Six folks died and three had been lacking in Fukuoka, Saga and Oita prefectures attributable to landslides and different disasters attributable to the heavy rain, public broadcaster NHK reported.
In Fukuoka Prefecture, a 77-year-old girl was killed in Soeda Town when a landslide hit her house on Monday morning, and a person in his 70s rescued from an inundated truck in Hirokawa city was confirmed useless on the hospital.
In the prefecture, three others had been additionally pronounced useless, together with a person in his 50s whose physique was discovered at a flooded underpass in Dazaifu.
In Kurume City, a person in his 70s was confirmed useless after being discovered on the web site the place a number of properties had been struck by a mudslide on Monday morning, whereas a person in his 40s or 50s was confirmed useless after being discovered mendacity in a rice discipline on Monday afternoon.
In Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, a landslide hit two homes, stated the report. A lady discovered by rescuers confirmed no important indicators and was confirmed useless later, whereas two males remained unaccounted for.
Meanwhile, a search was underway in Oita Prefecture for a lady in her 50s who vanished on a riverside street within the metropolis of Nakatsu, in keeping with the NHK.