{
  "id": 840311,
  "title": "‘Unprecedented’ rain kills four in Japan as thousands stranded at airport",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/unprecedented-rain-kills-four-in-japan-as-thousands-stranded-at",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T04:14:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/14/japan-deadly-rain-evacuation-thousands-stranded-tokyo-airport-weather"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Guardian reports that \"unprecedented\" heavy rain in Japan has resulted in at least four deaths and left thousands stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport. The torrential rains, which hit Chiba prefecture on Thursday night, caused landslide warnings, power outages, and forced over 45,000 homes to lose power. With 115mm of rain falling hourly, the rainfall is approximately the same amount typically recorded for the entire month of August. Evacuation orders have been issued for more than 400,000 people in Chiba and other affected areas.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "\"Unprecedented\" Heavy Rain Kills 4 In Japan, Thousands Stranded At Airport",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/unprecedented-heavy-rain-kills-4-in-japan-thousands-stranded-at",
        "published": "2026-08-14T03:51:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Thousands stranded at Japan’s Narita airport after record rain kills 4",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/thousands-stranded-at-japans-narita-airport-after-record-rain-kills-4",
        "published": "2026-08-14T03:54:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}