On Saturday, southern Japan experienced heavy rain resulting in flooding and mudslides.
The flooding led to more than a dozen people being presumed dead and approximately 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops, Japan officials said.
Currently, 14 fatalities have been reported form an elderly care home in Kuma village.
In the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima, more than 75,000 residents were urged to vacate following heavy rain overnight.
NHK footage showed large areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kumamoto submerged in water that came from the Kuma River.
Images also included many cars inundated in muddy water, mudslides smashed into houses and floodwater carrying unrooted trees.
According to the Kyushu Electric Power Co, power and communication lines had been cut off resulting in nearly 8,000 homes in Kumamoto and neighbouring Kagoshima being left without electricity,
Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has set up a task force that consists of up to 10,000 defence troops that will be mobilized for rescue operations.