日 규슈 폭우로 사망•실종 60명 육박...57만 명 대피 지시

Torrential rain storms that triggered flash floods and mudslides in Japan's Kyushu region have left 60 people dead or missing.
Hundreds of thousands have also been evacuated to safer areas.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
Mother Nature's wrath continues to sweep Japan.
Torrential rain in the country's Kyushu region,... in southwestern Japan,... has triggered floods and mudslides.
Authorities say at least 49 people have been confirmed dead,... while eleven others are unaccounted for.
Rescue efforts have been hampered by continued downpours,... with up to 300 millimeters of rain in the forecast through Tuesday
Meteorological authorities in Japan have also issued special heavy rain warnings to three prefectures Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka and the authorities have also issued evacuation orders to 330-thousand citizens.
Such orders have also been issued to 205-thousand people in Kumamoto Prefecture,... and to approximately 35-thousand in Miyazaki and Kagoshima Prefecture,... totaling 550-thousand people across Japan.
With many waiting to be rescued,... the Japanese government has also dispatched around 10-thousand Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to the hardest-hit areas.
More than 2-thousand households have been left stranded,... many of which are home to elderly people.
Helicopters and boats have been rescuing people from their homes where they can.
The flooding has also cut off power and communication lines,... further delaying search and rescue efforts.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.