TAKAYAMA, Japan (AFP): Japanese emergency services and troops were scrambling on Thursday (July 9) to reach thousands of homes cut off by devastating flooding and landslides that have killed dozens and caused widespread damage.
Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday more than 3,000 households were isolated, either by rising floodwater or roads destroyed by landslides, mostly in the hardest-hit southwestern region of Kumamoto where fresh downpours were forecast.
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