Heavy floods force over 100k people to flee homes in Japan

People are rescued from vehicles by firefighters at an area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, on September 10, 2015.

Authorities in the central Tochigi Prefecture ordered more than 90,000 residents to evacuate, while another 116,000 were advised to leave their homes.

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