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▼ Typhoon Batters Izu Islands
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Heavy rain from a typhoon on Thursday battered a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo and the government urged residents to watch for landslides and flooding.
Kyodo news agency reported there has been record rainfall of about 207 millimeters in parts of the Izu island chain located 280 kilometers south of the Japanese capital.
Hundreds of people took refuge at evacuation centers.
In Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, one man died after being swept away by waves while fishing.
Kyodo news agency reported there has been record rainfall of about 207 millimeters in parts of the Izu island chain located 280 kilometers south of the Japanese capital.
Hundreds of people took refuge at evacuation centers.
In Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, one man died after being swept away by waves while fishing.
- 9/10 20:34
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