Photo Story: Floods devastate southwestern Japan

A resident takes his belongings out of his damaged car in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods in Sakamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan, 10 July 2020.

At least 59 people were killed and 16 are missing after heavy rains and floods hit Kyushu island.

Floods in Kyushu, southwestern Japan
Residents head for an evacuation center through a damaged road in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods in Sakamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan, 10 July 2020. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Floods in Kyushu, southwestern Japan
A man checks the remains of a bridge in the aftermath of torrential rains and floods in Sakamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA
Floods in Kyushu, southwestern Japan
Evacuees from Sakamoto town, which was devastated by torrential rain, stand inside their spaces partitioned by cardboard to avoid possible new coronavirus infection at a makeshift evacuation center in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan. EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

 

 

Via EPA-EFE/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

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