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Photos: Flooding in Japan has killed more than 100

The worst floods in 35 years.
The worst floods in 35 years.
Image: Kyodo via Reuters
By
Johnny Simon
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Floods and landslides triggered by days of rain in Japan have killed at least 114 people, Reuters reports. The floods are considered the worst the country has seen in 35 years.

While Monday’s clearer weather allowed rescuers to target the more than 60 people still unaccounted for, food and water are in short supply in some of the more remote affected areas.

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Rescue workers look for missing people in a house damaged by heavy rain in Kumano, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9.
Image: Kyodo via Reuters
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 8.
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on July 8.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area in Mabi.
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area in Mabi.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato

 

A car is submerged at a flooded area in Mabi.
A car is submerged at a flooded area in Mabi.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
A woman stands in a flooded area in Mabi.
A woman stands in a flooded area in Mabi.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
Local residents receive emergency water supply near a flooded area at Mihara Daini junior high school, in Hiroshima Prefecture on July 9.
Local residents receive emergency water supply near a flooded area at Mihara Daini junior high school, in Hiroshima Prefecture on July 9.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
A truck stranded by floods on July 9.
A truck stranded by floods on July 9.
Image: Kyodo via Reuters
An elderly woman walks next to submerged and destroyed houses in a flooded area in Mabi.
An elderly woman walks next to submerged and destroyed houses in a flooded area in Mabi.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
A local resident walks in a flooded area in Mabi.
A local resident walks in a flooded area in Mabi.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
Local residents walk in a flooded area in Mabi on July 9.
Local residents walk in a flooded area in Mabi on July 9.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
An employee of a supermarket pushes a shopping cart, with muddy items, at their store in a flooded area in Mabi on July 9.
An employee of a supermarket pushes a shopping cart, with muddy items, at their store in a flooded area in Mabi on July 9.
Image: Reuters/Issei Kato
An aerial view shows local residents seen on the roof of submerged house on July 7.
An aerial view shows local residents seen on the roof of submerged house on July 7.
Image: Kyodo via Reuters