Japan’s ongoing efforts to deal with significant flooding and landslides is complicating efforts to approve casino legislation.

Japan’s long-delayed Integrated Resorts (IR) Implementation Bill has finally come up for debate this month in the House of Councillors, the upper chamber in Japan’s Diet. Legislators are facing a tight timeline for passing the bill, as the Diet’s current session expires on July 22.

That timeline appeared reasonable before last week’s heavy rains led to the worst flooding and landslides that Japan has endured in decades. As of Wednesday, 176 Japanese citizens had lost their lives and over 75k first responders were attempting to deal with the fallout and find other citizens who are still missing.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) cancelled a scheduled trip to Europe in order to stay connected with the relief efforts, but opposition parties have accused members of Abe’s cabinet of failing to demonstrate similar priorities, particularly in connection with the IR bill.