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Record heavy rain has been pouring since yesterday (3rd) in the northwestern part of Japan.
Massive landslides have occurred, flooding homes and vehicles.
Correspondent Park Sang-jin, Tokyo.
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The entire village of Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture has been devastated.
The rain from yesterday caused a landslide, and the piles of dirt and trees washed down from the mountain behind the village hit it.
Houses were destroyed and vehicles parked there were pushed down to the riverbank.
A resident in his 80s suffered a broken leg, and as the road was cut off, about 80 households in the surrounding villages were isolated, and the police and fire departments came to the rescue.
[Niigata Prefecture Resident: I came with luggage, but the situation is so miserable, what should I do…
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As most of the houses in the city center were flooded, even the Self-Defense Forces were mobilized to carry out rescue activities.
The damage from the heavy rain was concentrated in the northwestern part of Japan, but in Yamagata Prefecture, a road was severely submerged in the heavy rain, causing an accident where a car crashed, and hundreds of houses were flooded as the river overflowed.
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[Yamagata Prefecture Resident: There was a loud sound like a waterfall that had never been seen before.
It was strange.] In
Fukushima Prefecture, a part of the pier through which the train passed due to the overflowing water collapsed and the operation was stopped.
[Residents of Fukushima: I was afraid that something like this would happen.]
Over the past day, 560mm of rain fell in Niigata Prefecture, and over 300mm of heavy rain fell in Yamagata and Fukushima Prefectures as well.
There have been no deaths so far, but two people are missing.
Heavy rain is expected in Tokyo as well as in the area tonight, and the Japan Meteorological Agency has urged caution to avoid flood damage.