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Toll in Japan flood disaster rises to 179: government
TOKYO, July 11, 2018 (BSS/AFP) -The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan has risen to 179, the government’s top spokesman said Wednesday.
Search-and-rescue operations are continuing after floods and landslides caused by the rains, and local media said several dozen people were still missing in Japan’s deadliest weather-related disaster in over three decades.
BSS/AFP/AU/08:55 hrs