KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan issued fresh landslide and flooding warnings Wednesday as torrential rain moved over the center of the country and the death toll from days of downpours rose to 54.
Heavy rains that began early Saturday on the island of Kyushu have already caused devastation across a swathe of the southwestern portion of the country, causing rivers to burst their banks and hillsides to collapse.
Naomi Nishimura told Japan's NNN broadcaster that her parents had been killed in flooding in Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto region. "It usually settles at the very edge of that stone bridge, but this time the water splashed up without stopping," she said. But the coronavirus has complicated evacuation efforts, with the need to maintain social distancing reducing capacity at shelters.
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