Japan flooding: death toll rises to eight as heavy rains hit east of country

Mudslides hit waterlogged areas in Chiba and Fukushima prefectures recovering from Typhoon Hagibis

The death toll from torrential rains that caused flooding and mudslides in eastern Japan rose to eight, with a further four missing, public broadcaster NHK reported, just two weeks after the region was hit hard by a powerful typhoon.

Landslides ripped through waterlogged areas in Chiba, east of Tokyo, and Fukushima northeast of the capital, which were inundated by their third rainstorms in six weeks. In some places, a month’s worth of rain unleashed by a low pressure system fell in half a day.

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