No let up for storm rescuers as Abe warns of prolonged impact

Rescuers kept up their increasingly grim search for the missing for a fourth day following the devastation wrought by Typhoon Hagibis, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Wednesday of a "prolonged impact" from the storm and promised a special fund for disaster response.

Hagibis, one of the most destructive typhoons in decades, hit the country last weekend.

The death toll has risen to at least 75, according to public broadcaster NHK, with 13 missing, while tens of thousands of homes remain without power or water.