At least 16 people have been killed and around 50 remain missing amid record-breaking heavy rains, floods and landslides in much of western Japan. This is a selection of the damage so far, from wire services and social media.

Rescuers try to locate residents trapped in a mudslide on Saturday morning in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. | KYODO

Roads are cut off by a mudslide at a section of the Kyushu Expressway in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday morning. | KYODO

A train sits derailed on a section of the JR Chikuhi Line in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, on Saturday morning after a landslide hit the tracks. | KYODO

The main road in front of JR Saka Station in Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, is flooded with muddy water Saturday after heavy rains hit a wide portion of western Japan on Friday. NHK reported at least three mudslides were triggered by the heavy rain in the town, leaving two residents missing. | KYODO

The town of Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, is flooded in this photo taken Saturday morning. | KYODO

Rescuers help local residents evacuate in the flooded town of Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Saturday. | KYODO

A rescue helicopter airlifts a survivor from an area hit by a mudslide in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Saturday. | KYODO

Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a boat search for locals trapped in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Saturday as roads remain flooded from heavy rains that hit western Japan. | KYODO

A road in the Aki district of the city of Hiroshima is flooded after heavy rains Saturday morning. | KYODO

Rescuers help local residents evacuate Saturday in the town of Saka, Hiroshima Prefecture. | KYODO

Heavy rains flood Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka regions