Heavy rain from Typhoon Lionrock flooded towns across Japan's north and left at least 11 people dead, most of them elderly residents at a nursing home who could not escape rising floodwaters, officials said Wednesday. Ouchi said officials are looking into if and how town officials responded to the call. "An overnight staff attended the residents, but in the end they all died, including one in [her] arms," Sato told nationally televised NHK news. High waves triggered by Typhoon Lionrock crash against a 'torii' gate on a coast of the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It was the first time a typhoon has made landfall in the northern region since 1951, when the Japan Meteorological Agency started keeping records.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2016 06:32 UTC