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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a city hit by flooding as the government confirmed 176 people had been killed in the natural disaster. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said Mr Abe was visiting an evacuation centre in Kurashiki, a city where a river broke through an embankment and swept through residential areas, killing more than 40 people. Tens of thousands of rescue and recovery workers and volunteers dug through the debris, as the search for dozens still missing enters its fifth day.
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Japan floods: PM Shinzo Abe visits Kurashiki as deaths reach 176 | The Independent
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a city hit by flooding as the government confirmed 176 people had been killed in the natural disaster. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga said Mr Abe was visiting an evacuation centre in Kurashiki, a city where a river broke through an embankment and swept through residential areas, killing more than 40 people. Tens of thousands of rescue and recovery workers and volunteers dug through the debris, as the search for dozens still missing enters its fifth day.
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