An aerial view shows a local resident being lifted from a submerged house by rescue workers above a flooded area in Kurashiki, in southern Japan, on July 7, 2018 #

An aerial view of flooded houses in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

An emergency crew works at the site where a train derailed due to landslides caused by heavy rain in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan, on July 7, 2018 #

Residents sit on the roof of a submerged house as they wait for a rescue in Kurashiki, Japan, on July 7, 2018 #

Residents are rescued from a flooded area by Japan Self-Defense Forces soldiers in Kurashiki, Japan, on July 7, 2018 #

Rescue workers gather next to houses damaged by a landslide following heavy rain in Hiroshima, in western Japan, on July 7, 2018 #

A man in a wheelchair is rescued from a flooded area in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

A man and his wife protect their home from water with sandbags in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

An aerial view of flooded houses in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

Residents rescue dogs from a flooded area in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

Cars sit trapped in mud after floods in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 8, 2018 #

Soldiers carry a woman to a vehicle to be evacuated after rescuing her on July 7, 2018, following heavy flooding in Kurashiki, near Okayama, Japan #

A car stands on its nose on July 8, 2018, following heavy flooding in Kurashiki, near Okayama, Japan #

A house remains intact on July 8, 2018, after a landslide struck near Hiroshima, Japan #

Cars move along a road covered with mud on July 9, 2018, after heavy rain in Mabi Town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan #

Residents cross an area that is still flooded in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2018 #

A submerged car sits in a flooded area in Mabi Town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2018 #

A rescue worker passes buildings destroyed by a landslide on July 8, 2018, in Kumano, near Hiroshima, Japan. #

Soldiers search for victims in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2018 #

A horse stranded on a rooftop after torrential rain in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2018 #

A horse that had been stranded on a rooftop is rescued in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 9, 2018 #

A local resident walks in a flooded area in Mabi Town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 10, 2018 #

Submerged and destroyed houses remain in a flooded area in Mabi Town on July 10, 2018 #

Scattered debris inside a damaged supermarket in a flood-hit area in Mabi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 10, 2018 #

A man looks at a notebook as he clears goods from his house following heavy flooding on July 10, 2018, in Kurashiki, Japan #

A woman stands in front of ruined goods stacked up at a garbage-collection point following heavy flooding on July 10, 2018, in Kurashiki, Japan #

A woman is given assistance as people affected by the recent flooding rest in a makeshift shelter in Mabi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, on July 11, 2018 #

A member of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces searches for missing persons at a flood-damaged site in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on July 12, 2018 #