- Title: River bursts banks flooding parts of Japan in wake of powerful typhoon
- Date: 13th October 2019
- Summary: KAWASAKI, JAPAN (OCTOBER 13, 2019) (REUTERS) LOCAL SCHOOL USED AS EVACUATION CENTER WATER (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) LOCAL RESIDENT WHO EVACUATED WITH HIS WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN, KANJI KAWAKAMI, SAYING: "The first floor (of his home) has flooded. There's trash floating around." (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) LOCAL RESIDENT WHO EVACAUATED AROUND 17:00(0800GMT), HINAKO TSUCHIYA, SAYING: "The building shook and the circuit breaker went off for a moment. That was really scary." SIGN READING (Japanese) "OPEN EVACUATION CENTER"
- Embargoed: 27th October 2019 04:36
- Keywords: Typhoon Hagibis Nagano Chikuma River rain flood Japan
- Location: NAGANO, KAWASAKI, JAPAN
- City: NAGANO, KAWASAKI, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA002B0XHRUV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Parts of Japan were submerged in floodwaters on Sunday (October 13) after the country was battered by power Typhoon Hagibis which has killed 18.
Residents in Nagano Prefecture in central Japan were reportedly stranded, as river water from a broken levee flooded into homes and buildings. Bullets trains parked along the railway were also submerged.
In the Tokyo suburb of Kawasaki which was also flooded, some residents spent the night in evacuation centres.
Kanji Kawakami said the first floor of his home was flooded.
Authorities have lifted rain warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo, where stores reopened and many train lines resumed operations, but they warned there was still the risk of rivers in eastern Japan overflowing and inflicting fresh damage.
(Kwiyeon Ha, Akiko Okamoto, Masako Iijima) - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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