Tag: Iwaizumi

17 unaccounted for in typhoon-hit northern Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — 17 people were unaccounted for in Japan Thursday after Typhoon Lionrock tore through the north of the country, leaving 11 people dead and some 1,600 cut off in isolated communities, officials said. Ten died in the town of Iwaizumi after it was hit by surging river water and mud, with nine of them perishing in a care home for the elderly. The typhoon, which packed wind gusts of over 160 kilometers […]

9 found dead in Japan elderly home after typhoon: police

by Kyoko HASEGAWA TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Surging flood water brought by a powerful typhoon left nine people dead in an elderly care home in Japan, officials said Wednesday. The bodies were discovered in a riverside care complex half buried in mud and rubble after Typhoon Lionrock ripped through the region, dumping torrential rain over a wide area. Footage from public broadcaster NHK showed a helicopter hovering over the building in Iwaizumi, as rescuers tried to […]