Japan floods leave up to 40 dead

By Mari Yamaguchi
Updated July 6 2020 - 8:11pm, first published 8:08pm
At least 34 people are confirmed or presumed dead after flooding in southern Japan.
At least 34 people are confirmed or presumed dead after flooding in southern Japan.

The death toll from three days of heavy rain and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 40, including 14 who drowned at a riverside nursing home, as rescuers searched for 10 missing people and rain threatened wider areas of the main island of Kyushu.

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