Japan Warns of More Flooding as Toll Reaches at Least 49; Several Others Missing
At a Glance More than half a million people have been told to leave their homes as heavy rain persists.A nurse described frantic efforts to save nursing home residents as the Kuma River rose.About 6,100 homes along the river were swamped, officials said. Heavy rain continued to fall across southern Japan on Monday as rescuers combed through collapsed houses to search for additional victims of weekend flooding. At least in Kumamoto prefecture on the island of Kyushu, according to the...