IN PHOTOS: Rescue op continues in flood-hit southwestern Japan
(Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the words "Rice, Water, SOS" spelled out on the ground in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man (3rd from L) is rescued by a boat in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel push a boat carrying rescued people in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man and woman walk down a railway track in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man rides a bicycle on a bridge over a swollen Kuma River in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Junior high school pupils of a local youth soccer team join in efforts to move a car in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture)
(People stand on a mud-covered street in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man removes mud from a street in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Rubble is seen on a mud-covered street in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel carry a person on a stretcher in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A car is upended in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
Eighteen people are dead and at least 16 others may have also lost their lives in the flood-ravaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto as rescue operations continued on Sunday.Here is a collection of photos from Kyodo News photographers: Related coverage:18 die in flood-ravaged southwest Japan as rescue operations continueLocal gov'ts fret over coronavirus spread at shelters after torrential rainImages of submerged homes, cars, and rescue calls flood social mediaREAD FULL ARTICLE
