A boy walks along debris of household items piled up at the side of a road in Hitoyoshi city, Kumamoto prefecture, southwestern Japan, Tuesday (July 7). Floodwaters flowed down streets in southwestern Japanese towns hit by deadly rains that were expanding across the region Tuesday. - Kyodo News/AP
Tsunagi, Japan, July 7, 2020 (AFP): Emergency services in western Japan were "racing against time" Tuesday to rescue people stranded by devastating floods and landslides that have killed at least 50, as the country braced for more torrential downpours.
Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its second-highest emergency warning for heavy rain and landslides over vast swathes of the country's southwest and said "risks are rising" nationwide.
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