Record rain in central Japan on Tuesday caused severe flooding, stranded commuters overnight, and triggered a deadly landslide.
Across the Tōkai region, the storm shut down transportation, sent people to evacuation centers, and left residents on alert for more danger.
Here's what to know
Nagoya, along with Shizuoka and Mie prefectures, was among the hardest-hit areas when a linear rainband dumped extreme rain on central Japan, leaving at least one person dead and more than 40 injured, according to Kyodo News.
City officials said roughly 3,500 people stayed in evacuation centers in Nagoya, and about 200 vehicles were flooded. The downpour also disrupted transit badly enough that many commuters and students could not get home.
In Kawanehoncho, a person trying to reinforce a slope was caught in a landslide and died. In Kuwana, a man in his 60s fell and broke a bone after going outside to check the rain, per Kyodo News.
One of the people stranded near Nagoya Station was a 23-year-old woman from nearby Kasugai, who stayed overnight at a karaoke spot with a friend before heading to work.
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"I'm going straight to the office," she said, the outlet reported.
More background
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned that heavy rain could continue across wide areas as warm, moist air from a tropical depression flowed into an active front. It also said more linear rainbands could develop, bringing intense downpours over the same places for long periods.
Tokai and Kanto-Koshin could receive up to 100 millimeters (3.9 inches) of additional rain, the agency said, per Kyodo News.
The rain came amid a stretch of other bouts of heavy rain and flooding in the country, such as in Fukui, where record rain caused widespread flooding in late August.
What's being done?
The Nagoya government said emergency relief would be provided across the city as residents dealt with flooded streets, damaged vehicles, and travel disruptions. Evacuation centers were available for people who could not safely make it home.
The JMA urged people to stay alert for landslides, flooding, and swelling rivers, especially in places where rain had already weakened the ground.
"I saw the torrential rain in Chiba Prefecture in August as something that wouldn't affect me," a local resident in her 80s said. "It's shocking to experience this in Nagoya."
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