Japan flooding: 1 death, 22 missing in deluge

[Little Tich]

Source: CNN

Tokyo (CNN)Heavy flooding over eastern Japan has caused one death, almost two dozen unaccounted for and houses washed away as residents were forced to their rooftops, desperate for rescue by military helicopters.

One woman has died and at least 22 people are missing since floods inundated parts of Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, rendering them unrecognizable.

Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper cited authorities in reporting that the 63-year-old woman died in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, after being caught in a landslide.

The raging brown floodwaters spawned from Tropical Storm Etau, which has dumped 60 centimeters (2 feet) of rain over some areas since Monday.

Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/10/asia/japan-floods/

[BlueJazz]

1. Japan is very efficient at this kind of stuff. They see the trouble ..plan and decide and act.

And nobody gives them fake compliments like "You're doing a great job...Lee."

[Warpy]

2. That storm started off the west coast of Mexico

and has chugged all the way across the Pacific, first time I've really seen that. Usually they fizzle out before they get anywhere near Hawaii as the water cools.

The water isn't cool this year.

[OnlinePoker]

4. No, this storm (Etau) started northwest of Guam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Pacific_typhoon_season#Severe_Tropical_Storm_Etau

TS Kilo (formerly Typhoon Kilo) is grazing Japan's east coast and started south of Hawaii.

[Art_from_Ark]

3. The number of missing in Joso City has risen to 25, according to Japanese TV

A good part of the city is now a big, muddy mess, with mud waist-deep in some places.

And now there is bad flooding in the Sendai area, exactly 4 1/2 years after the area was flooded by the tsunami.