Japan's disaster management agency said the death toll from recent flooding has risen to 50 and at least a dozen others are still missing.
Pounding rain since late Friday in Japan's southern region of Kyushu has triggered widespread flooding.
Tens of thousands of army troops, police and other rescue workers mobilized from around the country worked their way through mud and debris in the hardest-hit riverside towns along the Kuma River. In the Omuta district of Fukuoka, residents were being rescued on boats by defence troops. A 2-month old baby was among them.
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