Chiba Downpour Death Toll Rises to 8; 465 Still Evacuated
Chiba, Aug. 15 (Jiji Press)--The death toll from this week's record rain in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, has risen to eight, while one man is still missing, the prefectural government's disaster response headquarters said Saturday. In the prefecture, a total of 465 people are still staying at 76 evacuation shelters, according to the prefectural headquarters. The eight victims include...
Chiba Prefecture, located east of Tokyo, has reported a rising death toll due to record rainfall this week. As of Saturday, the prefectural government's disaster response headquarters stated that eight people have lost their lives, with one man still missing. In total, 465 individuals are currently staying at 76 evacuation shelters in the region.
The victims include an 80-year-old woman found inside a minivan submerged up to its roof in Kashiwa, and a 40-year-old man trapped in a flooded car in an underpass in Chiba city. The Chiba city fire department reported that a man went missing after promising to return with rescue equipment from the roof of a flooded car. The intense downpour has caused significant damage, with one house completely destroyed, 12 others completely damaged, 239 houses partially damaged above the floor level, and 220 houses partially damaged below the floor level.
Written by urgent.news from Nippon.com News's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
