'Battle against time' as record rainfall leaves dozens dead in Japan

At least 57 people are dead after torrential rain continued to hit parts of Japan.

Flood by heavy rain damage a residential district in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, 08 July 2018. Source: JIJI PRESS/EPA

The death toll is rising as unprecedented torrential rain and landslides hit western Japan, with dozens missing and stranded.

Searches are continuing for victims of heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third straight day, as the government put the death toll at 48, with 28 others presumed dead.

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