Floods in Japan kill more than 40 people.

Among the dead were 14 elderly people inside a nursing home in Kuma village, after floods and mudslides inundated the facility, trapping those inside. Around 200,000 people on Kyushu island have been ordered to evacuate, thousands of households remain without power, many homes have been destroyed, and roads are severely flooded, while several bridges have been swept away by the floodwaters. In the hardest-hit areas, residents wrote messages like "rice, water, SOS" on the ground, while others waved white towels and appealed for rescue and relief supplies. The death toll is expected to rise as heavy rains continue.

Nhân viên cứu hộ Nhật tuyệt vọng tìm người sống sót sau lũ lụt, lở đất cuối tuần qua, khi số người chết tăng và mưa lớn vẫn xuất hiện — Japanese rescue workers are desperately searching for survivors after floods and landslides this past weekend, as the death toll rises and heavy rains continue.

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a Level 5 warning for heavy rain on July 6th, the highest level on the country's warning scale. Heavy rain is forecast for Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka prefectures on Kyushu island, and residents are advised to take extra precautions.

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Nhân viên cứu hộ giúp đỡ nạn nhân tại thị trấn Kumamura, tỉnh Kumamoto — Rescue workers assist victims in Kumamura town, Kumamoto prefecture.

Nhà cửa đổ nát sau mưa lũ tại Kumamura — Houses were destroyed after floods in Kumamura.

Lũ lụt tàn phá thị trấn Hitoyoshi, tỉnh Kumamoto — Floods devastated the town of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the rain is forecast to shift eastward on July 8. "I urgently request that everyone carefully monitor announcements from local authorities and be prepared to take all necessary actions to protect their lives," Abe said during a meeting of the flood control task force.

Đường ray tàu hỏa bị lật ở gần khu vực sông Kuma bị vỡ bờ tại Hitoyoshi — A train track derailed near the breached banks of the Kuma River in Hitoyoshi.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that around 40,000 soldiers from the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) have been deployed to participate in search operations for victims under the rubble. Evacuation centers are also doing their best to prevent the spread of the coronavirus by distributing hand sanitizer and urging people to maintain social distancing. This flooding is Japan's worst natural disaster since Super Typhoon Hagibis, which killed 90 people last October.