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Japan floods: At least 6 killed; search for 20 missing slowed by mud

Fukuoka and Oita prefectures have been the worst-hit by the deluge.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2017-07-07 05:10 GMT
About 400,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes, mainly in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures.
\"We are in an extremely serious situation,\" said the country's Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso, warning that hillsides might collapse.
This aerial photo shows a destroyed railway bridge in Hita, Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says 12,000 troops and rescuers are focusing on remote villages where hundreds are stranded.
Rescue workers have found four more bodies in southern Japan, bringing the death toll from heavy rain to six with about 20 more missing.
Houses are collapsed and half-buried in the mud following the flooding caused by heavy rain in Asakura, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan.
Rescue operations have been slowed down by mud and floodwaters and more flooding is forecast for the country's east.
Fukuoka and Oita prefectures have been the worst-hit by the deluge.

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