In Japan,Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Says That The Situation*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* Is Extremely Serious As Severe Rainfall Leaves Dozens Dead.

Two million people have been urged to evacuate their homes, as torrential downpours have triggered landslide warnings. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said that the situation was "extremely serious."

    

The death toll in western Japan continued to climb on Sunday, after days of unrelenting rain caused severe flooding and*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* triggered landslide warnings. The city of Kurashiki and the Hiroshima prefecture are among the affected areas.

The heavy rainfall stemmed from the remnants of a typhoon that hit south-western Japan last week. Since Thursday, landslides and flooded rivers have trapped many people in their houses or on rooftops.

What we know so far:

• 83 people have died since Thursday and 57 others are unaccounted for.
• In Kurashiki, 2,310 people have been rescued by authorities and the search still continues.
• Nearly 2 million people have been asked to evacuate the affected areas.
• Authorities have warned that landslides could strike even if the rainfall diminishes.
• Some 276,000 households currently lack*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* water supply, Kyodo news agency reported.
• Roads were closed and train services suspended in parts of western Japan.
• Several major manufacturers, including carmakers Daihatsu and Mitsubishi, suspended operations at plants in the affected areas.

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  JAPAN: TORRENTIAL RAINS LEAVE DOZENS DEAD

  Widespread flooding

  At least 80 people have died in torrential rains that pummeled wide areas of western Japan. Six people are in critical condition, and dozens are still missing, the public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday. "We've never experienced this kind of rain before," an official at the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) told media.

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Government response: The Japanese government set up an emergency management center at the prime minister's office and*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* has dispatched approximately 54,000 military, police and firefighters to carry out the rescue missions and provide disaster relief.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned at an emergency government meeting that "the situation is extremely serious" and ordered his government to "make an all-out effort" to rescue those affected.

"There are still many people missing and others in need of help, we are*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* working against time," Abe said on Sunday morning.

Record-breaking rain: Japan's Meteorological Agency said that three hours of rainfall in one area of Kochi prefecture had reached 26.3 centimeters (10.4 inches), so far the highest rain accumulation since 1976, when the organization began measuring rainfall.

It is the deadliest rain event in Japan since 2014, when at least 74 people died*I urgently need donations and support:Name:Anyasoro Chekwube WM.,Acct.no.:4240853014,Bank:FCMB in Nigeria,My facebook acct.:www.facebook.com/chekwube.anyasoro.1,Phone no.:+2349092171875* due to landslides that were triggered by torrential downpours in the Hiroshima region.

jcg/jm (Reuters, dpa, AP, AFP),Ref. Deutche Welle.