The bodies of two Hokkaido residents, who have been missing since being seen plunging into rivers in their cars in the early hours of August 31, were found in the towns of Shintoku and Taiki on the morning of September 2.
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Heavy rain from Typhoon Lionrock flooded towns across Japan’s north and left at least 11 people dead, majority elderly residents at a nursing home who could not escape rising floodwaters, officials said Wednesday.
Nine of the victims were elderly people from this nursing home. The disaster management agency said at least one person went missing in a auto that went down with a bridge torn away by the flood.
Police found nine bodies today in the nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi, in Iwate Prefecture in the north of Japan’s main island of Honshu, but it was not clear when their home was flooded.
NASA’s Terra satellite captured this visible image on Sept. 2 at 02:20 UTC (Sept. 1 at 10:30 p.m. EDT) that shows Typhoon Namtheun moving through Japan’s Ryukyu Island chain.
At least two rivers swollen by the typhoon broke through their banks, flooding areas in northern Japan.
Earlier this week, Japan was hit by another typhoon Lionrock that claimed 16 lives and the number was expected to rise as rescue operations continued in northern Japan.
The deaths of 12 people have already been confirmed in the prefecture since the typhoon this year made landfall in an area near the city of Ofunato on Tuesday.
Approximately 10,000 homes in the northern region of the country were without electricity, after winds damaged power lines, AP reported.
Lionrock slammed into northern Japan on Tuesday evening, dumping heavy rain that caused flooding and power outages.
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The magnitude of the damage that washed away houses and overturned vehicles rekindled scenes from the aftermath of the March 2011 monster tsunami that devastated the Pacific coast.
