Floods claimed their first victim in Japan and nearly 300,000 people were urged to flee their homes Saturday as a weather system that killed dozens on the Korean peninsula swept the country.
Local governments in the central province of Niigata and tsunami-hit Fukushima issued the guidance after the national weather agency urged citizens to be on maximum alert against more flooding and mudslides.
Helicopter footage on NHK showed bridges over the Shinano River in Niigata partially submerged, while trees and telephone polls had been knocked down.
Kamo City in Niigata was extensively flooded, with water submerging roads.
Forecasters warned that the rains could continue to be torrential after reaching 1,000 millimetres (40 inches) to date in Sanjo City, Niigata, 250 kilometres (155 miles) northwest of Tokyo, since they started Wednesday.
Yes, you're reading that correctly, a meter of rain in 4 days, and more on the way. And yes, this is the same part of Japan, Fukushima prefecture, that has the still hot nuclear power plant disaster continuing.
Japan still needs help desperately, please keep them in mind.
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