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A search is underway for a construction worker who is believed to have fallen into a huge disused underground tank in the city of Yokohama, near Tokyo.

The man in his 60s went missing from a construction site in Yokohama's Kanazawa Ward on Tuesday evening. He was engaged in work to turn the site into a park. There is no sign of the earth-moving machinery he was operating at the time that weighs about 20 tons.

The record-breaking heavy rain in Japan has left 69 people dead, one without vital signs, and 13 unaccounted for. Most of the casualties were recorded in Kumamoto Prefecture on the southwestern main island of Kyushu.

Search and rescue operations are continuing on Sunday in Kyushu.