TOKYO: Surging flood water brought by a powerful typhoon left nine people dead in an elderly care home in Japan, officials said Wednesday.

The bodies were discovered in a riverside care complex half buried in mud and rubble after Typhoon Lionrock ripped through the region, dumping torrential rain over a wide area.

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