The number of victims of floods in the southwest of Japan has increased to 16
The number of victims of the disaster in southwest Japan, as a result of heavy rains has officially risen to 16, also in the neighboring Prefecture in the sea discovered 4 more bodies, said the newspaper “Mainichi” on Saturday.
In the city of Asakura in Fukuoka Prefecture — one of the most affected by floods and flooding areas, discovered the body of a man. Thus, the number of victims increased to 16.
In addition, in the neighboring Prefecture of Saga in the coastal regions of the sea discovered at various times on Saturday the bodies of 4 people. They have not yet been identified, but the probability that these people also became victims of the disaster and the flow of water they swept into the sea.
As previously reported, 16 people missing. However, this is an inaccurate figure, some media reported that the missing are 20 people.
Inaccuracy in determining the number of missing stems from the fact that due to the completely destroyed roads, bridges, lack of communication is not yet possible to assess the scale of the disaster. Many settlements are simply inaccessible and cut off from communication.
On the southwest island of Kyushu because of the ongoing since early in the week rains occurred multiple floods and landslides. Destroyed houses, roads, railway bridges. The number of dropped here only for the first day of rainfall exceeded the monthly norm of July.