Wednesday, August 31, 2016

9 bodies found near nursing home in northeastern Japan following typhoon

Nine bodies were found Wednesday near a nursing home in Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, police said, after a powerful typhoon battered the region the previous day.

The police said the bodies were found near the nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi. They also found the body of a woman among rubble in the city of Kuji, they said.

Typhoon Lionrock, the season's 10th typhoon, prompted municipalities in the Tohoku area to issue an evacuation advisory to a total of around 410,000 people due to fears of landslides and high waves before blowing into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday evening.

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