Death toll reaches 176 in rain-deluged western Japan

Photo taken on July 11, 2018, shows a swamped house in a flooded area in Kure, Hiroshima, southwestern Japan, July 11, 2018. The death toll in the wake of torrential rains battering western Japan and causing devastating floods and fatal landslides reached 176 on Wednesday, authorities said. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)