In Japan, the number of flood victims increased to 64 people

The number of deaths as a result of floods and landslides due to heavy rains on the Japanese southwestern island of Kyushu increased to 64. This was reported on July 9 by NHK. It is also noted that another 16 people are currently being searched. In addition, it is indicated that the threat of natural disasters now hangs over the central and western regions of the country, with heavy rains throughout the country for several days. At the same time, Kumamoto Prefecture suffered the most from the flood and currently a record amount of precipitation has also been recorded in Gifu and Nagano Prefectures in central Japan. So, in the city of Kanoya in Nagoshima Prefecture, from July 2, 1000 millimeters of precipitation fell, which is three times higher than the July norm. Note, as reported by the news agency, earlier it became known that the dam on one of the rivers in Jiangxi province in eastern China was broken due to prolonged rains.