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Dozens Still Missing In Japan Floods As Death Toll Reaches 176

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a shelter for flood victims as a search for survivors entered its fifth day after record-breaking flooding in the country's west.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visits a shelter for people affected by the recent flooding in Mabi, Okayama prefecture on Wednesday.

The death toll from record-breaking floods in western Japan has reached at least 176 as rescuer workers searched for dozens of others missing in hardest-hit Hiroshima and Okayama prefectures.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga reported. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 50 people were still listed as unaccounted for, the newspaper said.

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