Desperate searches as dozens feared dead in Japan floods

A car leans against a building following a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan Monday (July 6). Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides hampered search and rescue operations on Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen perished and scores are still stranded. - AP

TOKYO, July 6, 2020 (AFP): Tens of thousands of rescue workers in Japan on Monday combed through the wreckage of houses shattered by deadly floods and landslides in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll rose and more torrential rain loomed.

At least 37 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan in the early hours of Saturday, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions.