CLEANING UP
A heavy digger is used to remove debris along a damaged road in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO
A heavy digger is used to remove debris along a damaged road in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO
JOSO CITY, Japan: Disastrous floods have left three dead and dozens missing in eastern Japan, authorities said Friday as thousands of rescuers were deployed to evacuated trapped residents from an inundated city north of Tokyo.