Thousands of people have been evacuated due to record rainfall in parts of northern Japan. Floods caused by heavy rains caused river banks to rise and various bridges and cars were washed away.

Officials of the country said this on Friday (July 26). News from AFP.

At least one person has died and four people are missing after heavy rain hit the Yamagata and Akita regions of Japan's Honshu island.

A 60-year-old man was buried under the ground in a landslide during road work in the city of Yuzawa, police told AFP. Meanwhile, another 86-year-old man is missing. He was last seen by a river in the city of Akita.

Meanwhile, according to media reports, one person's body was found in Akita city. A local official in Yamagata told AFP that three people are still missing in this natural disaster. Two of them are police officers. Two rivers in Yamagata have overflowed causing flooding. Searching for missing persons.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said two areas in the Yamagata region recorded the heaviest 24-hour rainfall since 1976. 389 millimeters (15 in) of rain was recorded in Shinzo and 289 millimeters (289 mm) in Sakata.

In the video footage, several vehicles, including a police car, were also seen washed away by the flood waters. Authorities have advised the evacuation of more than 200,000 people, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

At least 4,000 people have been evacuated to various shelters in this disaster, according to the government broadcaster NHK.

According to the news, due to heavy rainfall, about 3,600 families have been cut off. The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued the highest emergency warning for heavy rain this week in Sakata and Yuzawa in the Yamagata region.