As of 7 July 2020, 53 people are confirmed dead.[6] Fourteen of the dead were residents in a flooded old age home in Kuma, Kumamoto.[2][4] Kumamoto governor Ikuo Kabashima stated that scores were stranded after mud and floodwater gushed into the old age home.[4] According to a rescue volunteer, when they reached the old age home, the water was still on the first floor level. The rescue personnel managed to rescue residents who had made it up to the second floor but were unable to reach those left below.[5] According to the staff at the home, they roused residents at 5 a.m. and shuffled them upstairs.