Japan braces for more rain as death toll reaches 37

Japan is bracing for more heavy rain after a weekend of flooding left at least 37 people dead.

More than 40,000 rescue workers in the south-west were still searching for survivors on Monday, after record rains caused landslides and rivers to burst their banks on Saturday.

Japan’s chief cabinet secretary said thirteen people remain unaccounted for, with 800 rescued so far.

The prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima have been worst hit, with hundreds of thousands of people advised to evacuate.