An aerial view shows the words "Rice, Water, SOS" spelled out on the ground in the flood-ravaged Kuma village, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 5, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
An aerial view shows flooded Kuma River caused by a heavy rain at a residential area in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 4, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Local residents are rescued by Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers using a boat at a flooding area caused by a heavy rain in Kuma village, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 5, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers carry rescured person using a stretcher at a flooding site caused by a heavy rain in Kuma village, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 5, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Police officers search for residents stuck in a flooded area caused by a heavy rain along Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 4, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Police officers search for residents stuck in a flooded area caused by a heavy rain along Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 4, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Local residents are rescued by Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers using a boat on a flooded road, caused by heavy rain in Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan July 7, 2020 in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
A man is rescued by police officers after his car became stuck on a flooded road caused by torrential rain in Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan July 7, 2020 in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Local residents are rescued by Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers using a rubber boat on a flooded road, caused by heavy rain in Omuta, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan July 7, 2020 in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Local residents practice social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak as they rest in the evacuation centre for the affected by the flooded area caused by heavy rain along Kuma River in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 4, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Police officers search missing people at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers search missing people at a landslide site caused by a heavy rain in Tsunagi town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
A couple looks around at the site of their parents' house which was damaged by torrential rain in Kuma town, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo, on July 6, 2020. (Photo : Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Muddy water flows through a residential area near Kuma river, after unprecedented torrential rains threatened floods and landslides, in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan July 4, 2020, in this picture obtained from social media. (Photo : TWITTER @HARUPIN_0804/via REUTERS)
A man pushes a damaged motorbike after floods caused by torrential rain in Hitoyoshi town, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, July 8, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon )
A man opens the door of a damaged car seen tilted after floods caused by torrential rain in Hitoyoshi town, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, July 8, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon)
A local resident reacts in the rain fall as he helps to remove debris at his friend's home at a flooding area caused by a heavy rain in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2020. (Photo : Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Japan on Tuesday warned of more heavy rain on the southwestern island of Kyushu and bolstered rescue operations as the death toll in flood-hit areas rose to at lease 58, with about a dozen people reported missing.
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