Japan troops called in as flood deaths rise

The Japanese military has begun emergency operations airlifting supplies to thousands of people cut off in mountain areas by floods in the southern island of Kyushu.

The southern extreme of Japan has been soaked by four days of torrential rains, killing at least 26 people who died in collapsed buildings or landslides. Rivers of mud swept through homes and streets.

Military rescue teams are searching for those missing, using heavy machines to lift uprooted trees and boulders and to dig through mud.

The emergency operations are concentrated in the northwest of the island where more than 5,000 people are stranded after roads were washed away.

Rescue helicopters are taking patients and the elderly to hospital.

On Kyushu, about 400,000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, Kumamoto and Oita, according to broadcaster NHK.

While the torrential rains abated somewhat on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that there is still more rain on the way for Kyushu.

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