日 규슈 폭우로 사망•실종 60명 육박...57만 명 대피 지시<br /><br />Torrential rain storms that triggered flash floods and mudslides in Japan's Kyushu region have left 60 people dead or missing.<br />Hundreds of thousands have also been evacuated to safer areas.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />Mother Nature's wrath continues to sweep Japan.<br />Torrential rain in the country's Kyushu region,... in southwestern Japan,... has triggered floods and mudslides.<br />Authorities say at least 49 people have been confirmed dead,... while eleven others are unaccounted for.<br />Rescue efforts have been hampered by continued downpours,... with up to 300 millimeters of rain in the forecast through Tuesday<br />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.<br />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.<br />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.<br />More than 2-thousand households have been left stranded,... many of which are home to elderly people.<br />Helicopters and boats have been rescuing people from their homes where they can.<br />The flooding has also cut off power and communication lines,... further delaying search and rescue efforts.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
