The toll in record rains that have devastated parts of Japan rose Thursday to 199, a top government spokesman said.

Local media said search operations are continuing, with dozens of people still missing after the worst weather-related disaster in Japan in over three decades.

A worker removes the roof blocking a road in the flood hit area Mabicho in Kurashiki, Okayama prefecture on July 12, 2018. A week after heavy rains began to pound Japan, sparking landslides and huge floods that killed 180 and displaced thousands, dozens of people are still missing. (Photo: AFP)