Massive rain fall causing unprecedented flood in Japan

 

 Widespread flooding and landslides in northeast Japan have forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate. 

 

The city of Joso, north of the capital Tokyo, was inundated after the Kinugawa River overflowed, reports the BBC. Originally, an additional 800,000 people were told to evacuate  as a precautionary measure by officials, who warned the 5 million residents in northeastern Japan of “once in a half century rains.”

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