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Japan resumes search for 16 missing as flood evacuees wait to return home

Search teams using boats and helicopters resumed looking on Saturday for at least 16 people still missing after torrential rain and flooding across Japan this week, while thousands waited to return to their homes as waters slowly receded.

Sep 12, 2015, 08:53 AM IST

Japan rivers burst their banks triggering further floods, 25 missing

Floods that swept houses off their foundations and crushed others under landslides spread across Japan on Friday as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 25 people missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee.

Sep 11, 2015, 09:33 AM IST