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MNA International Desk: At least 100 people are thought to have died after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides in western Japan, a government spokesman says.
More than 50 others are believed to be missing, news agency reported.
Since Thursday, parts of western Japan have received three times the usual rainfall for the whole of July. Two million people have been ordered to evacuate as rivers burst their banks.
Rescuers restarted their search through the mud for any survivors or the bodies of those killed on Monday morning.
Most of the deaths have occurred in Hiroshima prefecture.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday that rescuers were “working against time”.
