Eleven people were found dead in northern Japan after Typhoon Lionrock battered the area with heavy rains, triggering widespread flooding. Photo: APTOKYO—Eleven people were found dead and more were missing in northern Japan on Wednesday after Typhoon Lionrock battered the region with torrential rain, triggering widespread flooding. Nine of the dead were found at a flooded home for the elderly, said officials in Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, while two were found elsewhere in the prefecture. Local train lines in northern Japan were disrupted due to the typhoon, though Shinkansen bullet trains heading north resumed operations. Lionrock crossed northern Japan Tuesday night, becoming the season’s fourth typhoon to make landfall in the country.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2016 03:51 UTC