UNUSUALLY WET WEATHER
A hotel building falls into the floodwaters at Nikko mountain resort in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo on September 10. Authorities in central Japan ordered tens of thousands to flee their homes after torrential rains flooded rivers and triggered landslides, with one person missing after a mudslide buried houses. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued special downpour warnings for Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, north of Tokyo, urging vigilance against mudslides and flooding. AFP PHOTO
A hotel building falls into the floodwaters at Nikko mountain resort in Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo on September 10. Authorities in central Japan ordered tens of thousands to flee their homes after torrential rains flooded rivers and triggered landslides, with one person missing after a mudslide buried houses. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued special downpour warnings for Tochigi and Ibaraki prefectures, north of Tokyo, urging vigilance against mudslides and flooding. AFP PHOTO
OYAMA, Japan: Tens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan on Thursday as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.