Tokyo: The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported, as rescuers continued work to bring out isolated survivors.
Raging rivers overflowing with water and mud have devastated swathes of Kyushu – the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands – after heavy rainfall, sweeping away roads and houses and destroying schools.
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