RESCUERS PUSH WORK AS DEATH TOLL REACH OVER 100

Rescuers were searching for dozens still missing in southwestern Japan on Monday after heavy rains that left shocked residents returning to muddy homes unsure where to start the recovery and cleanup due to the extent of damage from flooding and mudslides. More than 100 people died or are presumed dead, with at least 80 still unaccounted for, many of them in the hardest-hit Hiroshima area. Seiji Toda was shocked and helpless when he saw his restaurant, which he opened nearly 40 years ago, filled with mud heaped about 1 meter (yards) from the floor and windows smashed. Tables, covered with clean white tablecloths before he left, were all mud-covered, chairs thrown to the floor.