TOKYO, Jul 29 (NNN-NHK) – One more body, believed to be a missing police officer, was found yesterday, in north-eastern Japan, after heavy rain lashed the regions and triggered flooding and landslides, bringing the death toll to three, local media reported.
The body discovered in Shinjo, Yamagata prefecture, is likely one of two police officers in their 20s, who went missing after being swept away in a police car last Thursday, Kyodo News reported, citing local authorities.
The other police officer had been found earlier and confirmed dead on Friday.
Also on Friday, an 86-year-old man was found dead, believed to have been carried away by a flooded river in neighbouring Akita prefecture.
Three other people went missing in the disaster, affecting Yamagata and Akita, with torrential rain expected to continue in the area, the report said.
In Sakata, Yamagata, an 86-year-old woman went missing, while heading to an evacuation site with her family, while the whereabouts of two men in Akita prefecture remained unknown, it said.– NNN-NHK
