Thousands stranded at Japan's Narita airport after record rain kills four
Officials said record rainfall flooded dozens of homes, cut power to nearly 26,000 households and left thousands stranded overnight at Narita Airport.
- On Friday, record-breaking torrential rain in Japan's Chiba prefecture left four people dead and thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight, with authorities downgrading severe warnings as precipitation subsided.
- Japan Meteorological Agency official Takuya Hosomi described the downpours as an "unprecedented level of heavy rain," with Chiba City recording 11.5 centimeters in one hour and Sakura 9.7 centimeters.
- Nearly 230,000 residents were advised to seek shelter as more than 80 homes flooded across the prefecture; TEPCO Power Grid reported about 23,000 households remained without power Friday morning.
- Around 6,000 travelers remained stranded overnight at Narita, while The Ground Self Defense Force dispatched buses to assist about 4,000 people stuck at Soga train station serving Tokyo.
- Recovery efforts face complications as officials confirmed four deaths and one missing person, with one woman in Ichikawa telling NHK, "This happened all of a sudden so it was a complete surprise.
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Heavy rain has killed at least four people in eastern Japan.
'Unprecedented' Rains In Japan Kill Four, Trigger Major Flooding
Japan is battling an extraordinary rainfall emergency after record-breaking downpours. The rains killed at least four people and injured five others in Chiba, just east of Tokyo.How extreme was it? Authorities recorded more than 100mm of rain in an hour roughly three times the region’s average August rainfall. Japan’s Meteorological Agency called the conditions “an unprecedented level of heavy rain”.The deluge triggered floods, landslides and wi…
At least five dead as rain floods Chiba Prefecture
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