At least four people died in eastern Japan after "unprecedented" heavy rain that left thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight and snarled up roads and rail services, authorities said Friday.

Unprecedented rainfall in Japan's Chiba Prefecture stranded thousands at Narita Airport and triggered the region's first highest-level rain warning.

The torrential downpours late on Thursday triggered landslide warnings and power outages, with forecasters issuing the highest-level heavy rain warning for the Chiba region for the first time.

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Record-breaking rainfall that pounded cities east of Tokyo overnight flooded roads and dozens of homes, stranded thousands of people, caused power outages and left at least four people dead and one ...

Special heavy rain warnings issued for Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures with flooding and evacuation advisories amid life-threatening conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Heavy rain battered parts of Japan on Monday, killing a woman after her car was flooded in an underpass in the city of Iwaki in north-eastern Fukushima prefecture, broadcaster NHK reported.