Eighteen people are dead and at least 16 others may have also lost their lives in the flood-ravaged southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto as rescue operations continued on Sunday.
Here is a collection of photos from Kyodo News photographers:
(Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the words "Rice, Water, SOS" spelled out on the ground in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man (3rd from L) is rescued by a boat in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel push a boat carrying rescued people in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man and woman walk down a railway track in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man rides a bicycle on a bridge over a swollen Kuma River in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Junior high school pupils of a local youth soccer team join in efforts to move a car in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture)
(People stand on a mud-covered street in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A man removes mud from a street in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Rubble is seen on a mud-covered street in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel carry a person on a stretcher in Kuma in Kumamoto Prefecture)
(A car is upended in Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto Prefecture)
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