Japan set for more heavy rain amid flood disaster

Floods and landslides have killed 59 people in Japan since Saturday as soldiers, police and rescue workers strive to reach stranded people.

Floods and landslides have killed 59 people in Japan since Saturday.

Tens of thousands of soldiers, police and rescue workers are trying to reach remote areas where many people are stranded.

Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports.