The death toll from record rainfall on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu rose to 28 on Monday and rescue workers searched for four missing people, reports said.
Evacuation orders were lifted in most parts of the region and many residents had returned to clean up flooded homes.
Substantial damage was inflicted on farming and fishing industries in Fukuoka prefecture. Dozens of fishing boats went adrift and farm machines were submerged, the Nishinippon newspaper cited local authorities as saying.
Greenhouses were also damaged and a seaweed farm was flooded in the prefecture, it said.
Many residents in northern mountainous areas of Yame were without electricity and water after a flooding river destroyed facilities and caused utility poles to collapse, NTV reported.
The Japan Meteorological Agency predicted more rain in the region and local authorities warned of more mudslides and flooding.
As warm, humid air created an active front over the north of Kyushu, the levels of rainfall that hit parts of the island since Wednesday were unprecedented, the agency said.
Tuesday 17 July 2012
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