<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The death toll in record rains that have devastated some parts of Japan has risen to 179. Authorities said, 80 people are still missing in the deadliest weather-related disaster in over three decades.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Hiroshima Prefecture is the hardest-hit, with 67 people reported dead in the area. Search and rescue operations are on in the affected places.</span></p>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>