{
  "id": 834667,
  "title": "Heavy rain causes flooding near Tokyo that kills 4 and disrupts train and air travel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/heavy-rain-causes-flooding-near-tokyo-that-kills-4-and-disrupts-train-834667",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T03:23:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Associated Press",
    "slug": "associated-press",
    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/japan-chiba-rain-floods-d37730f09557f9cce4948754fcef673c"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Heavy rain caused flooding near Tokyo, resulting in the deaths of four people and disrupting train and air travel. The torrential rainfall, which hit cities east of Tokyo overnight on Thursday, August 13, 2026, overflowed roads and dozens of homes, leaving thousands stranded, causing power outages, and claiming at least four lives. The Japan Meteorological Agency decreased its most severe warning for heavy rain in over a dozen municipalities in Chiba prefecture as the rain subsided early Friday morning, but warned of additional rainfall throughout the day.\n\nPhotos and television footage depicted widespread damage, including waterlogged homes, vehicles, and sections of railway tracks. The Ground Self Defense Force responded by dispatching buses to evacuate approximately 4,000 stranded individuals, who had sought refuge overnight at Soga train station, a local route that also connects to Tokyo Disney. The theme park reported no damage.\n\nIn addition to the four fatalities, one person was missing, and the victims included a man found floating in a flooded road in Ichikawa city and a woman trapped in a flooded vehicle in Sakura city. Another individual, pulled from a submerged car in Kashiwa city, was presumed dead. Over 80 homes were inundated, and nearly 230,000 residents were advised to take shelter by Chiba officials. The excessive rainfall and flooding left around 23,000 homes without power, a decrease from the initial 68,000 affected earlier in the morning, according to TEPCO Power Grid.",
  "summary": "TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one missing.…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}