At least 50 dead, scores missing as torrential rains lash Japan

LATEST UPDATE: Rescuers race against time to find missing as western Japan flood toll hits 146At least 50 people are dead and about 50 missing due to torrential rains which continued to fall Saturday across a wide area of western Japan, causing landslides and flooding that destroyed homes and swept away cars.Evacuation orders or advisories were issued for 4.72 million people at one point, while around 48,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces, police and firefighting service were mobilized to search for trapped or injured people or the bodies of the dead.Emergency warnings were in effect fo…READ FULL ARTICLE