Death toll from Japan's heavy rain rises to 26
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Tokyo - The death toll from record rainfall on the southernJapanese island of Kyushu rose to 26 while rescue workers searchedfor six people missing in the region, news reports said Monday.
Evacuation orders were lifted in most parts of the region and manyresidents had returned to clean up flooded homes.
More than 3,000 people have been cut off in northern mountainousareas of Yame by mudslides that blocked roads, the Kyodo News agencyreported.
Many residents in the region were without electricity and waterafter a river breached and destroyed facilities, Yomiuri TV reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency predicted more rain in some areas.
As warm, humid air created an active front over the north ofKyushu, the levels of rainfall that hit parts of the island sinceWednesday were unprecedented, the agency said.
