Thousands stranded at Japan's Narita airport after record rain kills four
Authorities said more than 26,000 households lost power as flooding closed roads and rail lines and forced thousands to spend the night in shelters and at the airport.
- On Friday, record-breaking torrential rain in Japan's Chiba prefecture left four people dead and thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight, with authorities downgrading severe warnings as precipitation subsided.
- Japan Meteorological Agency official Takuya Hosomi described the downpours as an "unprecedented level of heavy rain," with Chiba City recording 11.5 centimeters in one hour and Sakura 9.7 centimeters.
- Nearly 230,000 residents were advised to seek shelter as more than 80 homes flooded across the prefecture; TEPCO Power Grid reported about 23,000 households remained without power Friday morning.
- Around 6,000 travelers remained stranded overnight at Narita, while The Ground Self Defense Force dispatched buses to assist about 4,000 people stuck at Soga train station serving Tokyo.
- Recovery efforts face complications as officials confirmed four deaths and one missing person, with one woman in Ichikawa telling NHK, "This happened all of a sudden so it was a complete surprise.
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The toll of the torrential rain victims who are hitting the Japanese prefecture of Chiba has risen to eight deaths. This is reported by the station Nhk, which quotes...
Unprecedented rainfall in Japan leaves at least four dead in Chiba prefecture
Unprecedented rainfall battered Japan on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and flooding parts of Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. Authorities issued the region’s highest-level rain warning for the first time, while landslide alerts and power cuts affected thousands of residents.
More than 100,000 people were evacuated.
Video. Unprecedented rainfall in Japan leaves at least four dead in Chiba prefecture
Video. Unprecedented rainfall battered Japan on Thursday, leaving at least four people dead and flooding parts of Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. Authorities issued the region’s highest-level rain warning for the first time, while landslide alerts and power cuts affected thousands of residents.
Japan: Deadly rainfall kills atleast 4 & several injured
Tokyo: At least four people have died and thousands of travellers were stranded at Tokyo’s Narita airport after unprecedented rainfall triggered widespread flooding, landslides and power outages in Japan’s Chiba prefecture. More than 360 millimetres of rain fell within 24 hours in parts of Chiba, which borders Tokyo, with rainfall exceeding 100 mm per hour in some areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) described the downpour as an “unprece…
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