Six people have died after severe rains struck Japan, in a storm described in the source material as unprecedented.
The weather also caused major disruption to infrastructure and travel. Power was cut to more than 20,000 households, leaving large numbers of residents without electricity as the storm affected parts of the country.
Travel was also heavily disrupted at Tokyo’s Narita airport, where 7,000 people were left stranded. The airport is one of the main international gateways serving the Japanese capital, and the disruption affected thousands of passengers.
The supplied information does not specify which areas were worst affected, the timing of the deaths, or whether further warnings or evacuation measures were in place.
The latest confirmed situation is that six people have been killed, more than 20,000 households have lost power, and thousands remain reported as stranded at Narita airport following the severe rains.
