In Pictures: Japan hit by deadly floods and landslides

Dozens of people are feared dead in southwestern Japan after record rains lashed the area, causing rivers to break banks.

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Jul 06, 2020, 02:16 PM

An aerial photo shows a flooded Kuma river caused by heavy rain at a residential area in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A rescue worker helps local residents at a flooded area caused by a heavy rain along Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

A man looks at the overflowing Kuma river caused by heavy rain in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Members of Japan's Self-Defence Forces work at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

An aerial photo shows flood-hit area in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Firefighters carry a person covered by a blue sheet at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 4, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers carry a rescued person using a stretcher at a flooding site caused by a heavy rain in Kuma village, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Locals residents clean their house hit by floods in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Local residents are rescued by Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers using a boat at a flooded area in Kuma village, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

Houses are destroyed following a landslide in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Local residents clean a house hit by floods in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A collapsed house lies on a street in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A street covered by debris in a flood-affected area following torrential rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A general view shows a collapsed house following a landslide caused by torrential rain in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 5, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

A man lies on a mattress at a shelter for evacuees of torrential rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 6, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS

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