A major river over lowed in the city of heat that a. Woman in her 70s is missing after her home was washed away. More flooding is expected in several cities along the river. Theyre racing to rescue elderly residents. Hundreds of people have been calling for help along a river where houses have been submerged. It was scary. The water was up to my neck t translator the water camep to my waist. I was using all of my strength to wade through, but was almost swept away. Rescue crews found an elderly woman submerged in a house and was later confirmed dead. Rivers have flooded in a dozen places n. A bank along the couple ma river has collapsed and a bridge has been swept away. Many train and express bus services have been suspended across the region. Thousands of homes are without electricity. We turn to our meteorologist sayaka mori with the latest on the situation in southwestern japan. Rain is becoming heavy once again across the northern places of kyushu. A northern barrow of rain calling
Kyushu has suffered the brunt of the damage. A car was believed to be carrying a family when it was swept away by this river. Police are searching for the passengers. Cars lie overturned on local roads. Water reached the second floor of some homes, causing widespread damage. Translator water came up to about 20 cenentimeters on the second floor. Flooding also hit fields and greenhouses. One farmer says his 60 greenhouses were affected and the timing couldnt have been worse. Translator it was just before the harvest. The whole area around here was completely destroyed. The amount of damage may be around 93,000. The destruction also touched areas outside kyushu. In kyoto, a powerful mudslide plowed into three cars near an interchange. Officials say two drivers suffered minor injuries. In gifu, houses were engulfed or hid by landslides. Officials say about 2,300 people in two cities there remain unreachable. In total, more than 4,700 houses were flooded across 22 prefectures. Officials ar