Chiba downpour death toll rises to 9 with nearly 500 evacuated
- Heavy rain battered Japan and left nine people dead, NHK reported Sunday, after an "unprecedented" deluge flooded over a thousand homes across Chiba Prefecture and snarled infrastructure.
- Torrential downpours starting late Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with a weather station recording 30cm of rain in 24 hours, the wettest August in six decades.
- The downpour destroyed one house, damaged 70 others, and flooded 597 homes above the floorboards, while an estimated 1,200 cars remain abandoned on Chiba Prefecture roads.
- Casualties include individuals found in submerged vehicles in Kashiwa and Isumi; 463 people remained at 92 evacuation shelters across Chiba Prefecture as of 1 p.m. Saturday.
- Disaster response teams continue searching for one missing man who disappeared while attempting to rescue a driver, as crews have removed 132 of 215 flooded vehicles from Chiba Prefecture roads.
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The recent heavy rains near Tokyo have left at least nine dead, the public broadcaster NHK announced on Sunday.
Heavy rains left nine dead in eastern Japan after a storm considered unprecedented. It caused flooding in more than a thousand houses and interrupted roads and railway services. Information was released by the NHK state broadcaster on Sunday (16). Rain in Japan floods streets and leaves nine dead JIJI PRESS The storm began on Thursday night (13) and caused warnings of the risk of landslides, as well as interruptions in energy supply. In the prov…
Some of the victims were found trapped in cars submerged in water and some drowned on the roads - Problems in transportation and communication
The recent diluvian rains near Tokyo have left at least nine dead, announced on Sunday the public broadcaster NHK, a deluge in the process of being new that has led to the flooding of more than 1,000 homes and greatly disrupted transport. ...
Nine people have died in Japan, where heavy rain has flooded houses, blocked roads and caused landslides.
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