Japanese rescuers in race to find missing as flood death toll tops 150

Rescuers battled on Tuesday to find dozens of people still missing after torrential rains devastated parts of western Japan, with flooding and landslides leaving more than 150 dead so far.Search efforts continued in hardest-hit Hiroshima and Okayama as well as other prefectures, with dozens of people still unaccounted for more than 72 hours after the disaster, considered a crucial period following which the chance of finding trapped victims alive significantly declines.A total of 156 people were confirmed dead in 12 prefectures and around 60 remained unaccounted for in seven prefectures.Acc…READ FULL ARTICLE