Record rainfall near Tokyo kills five, leaves one missing as floods strand thousands

Abandoned cars seen partially submerged on a flooded road in Sakura, Chiba prefecture. PICS/AFP

Overnight record-breaking rainfall pounded cities east of Tokyo, particularly China prefecture, flooding roads, homes, and railway tracks. The disaster caused power outages, left at least five people dead, and left one person missing.

As the rain briefly subsided on Friday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its top-tier heavy rain warning for over a dozen municipalities, though more rain was forecast later in the day.

Ground Self-Defence Forces completed a rescue operation using buses to evacuate roughly 4000 people stranded overnight at Soga train station, a local route that also serves Tokyo Disney, an operation finished later Friday. The park did not report any damage.

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