The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in eastern Japan rose to 10, with a further four missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit hard by a powerful typhoon. Landslides ripped through waterlogged areas in Chiba, east of Tokyo, and Fukushima northeast of the capital, which were inundated by their third rainstorms in six weeks. In some places, a month’s worth of rain unleashed by a low pressure system fell in half a day. The torrential downpour also forced rivers some roads to close and around 4,700 households were still without water in Chiba, the public broadcaster said. That typhoon killed at least 88 people, with seven others still missing and more than 300 injured, said NHK.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2019 04:04 UTC