(Reuters) — At least two people were missing, scores were stranded in flooded homes and some 100,000 evacuated across a wide swathe of Japan on Thursday (September 10) after torrential rains sent rivers surging over their banks and through breakwaters. Record-breaking rain prompted authorities to issue “rare weather warnings” for 5 million people in a wide swathe of eastern Japan, where some areas received more than twice their usual monthly September rain in just 48 […]
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One missing, tens of thousands stranded in Japan floods
SEPTEMBER 10 (Reuters) — Japanese media said on Thursday (September 10) that one person was missing after river banks burst in cities north of Tokyo following days of heavy rain. Ninety thousand people were ordered to evacuate, and the numbers are expected to increase. Disaster prevention officials of the affected regions said the flooding was so widespread they have yet to grasp the full scale of the situation, Japanese media added. National broadcaster NHK said […]





