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Startling images of floods wreaking havoc on Japan
Startling images of floods wreaking havoc on Japan
Charles ClarkSep 10, 2015, 15:48 IST
Houses are pictured amid flood waters at a residential area inundated by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 10, 2015. One person was missing on Thursday as 90,000 people were ordered to evacuate after rivers burst their banks in cities north of Tokyo following days of heavy rain pummelling Japan, according to local media.REUTERS/Issei Kato
Typhoon Etau has hit Japan, bringing with it torrential downpours and severe flooding across vast swathes of the country.
Towns and villages are being destroyed as houses are ripped out of their foundations and carried away. But that's not the only danger. Drainage pumps at the Fukushima nuclear have been unable to handle hundreds of tons of contaminated water, which is now flowing into the ocean.
Reuters has documented the disaster with these devastating images of the scenes.
