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Flooding in Japan Kills 3 and Leads to Release of Tainted Water Flooding in Japan Kills 3 and Leads to Release of Tainted Water
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TOKYO — At least three people were killed in extensive flooding this week in eastern Japan, the authorities said on Friday, with the deluge prompting the release of an unknown amount of contaminated water from a shuttered nuclear power plant. An additional 23 people were still missing, according to the public broadcaster NHK.TOKYO — At least three people were killed in extensive flooding this week in eastern Japan, the authorities said on Friday, with the deluge prompting the release of an unknown amount of contaminated water from a shuttered nuclear power plant. An additional 23 people were still missing, according to the public broadcaster NHK.
Tropical Storm Etau, which came ashore on Wednesday, brought with it heavy rainfall on the Kanto and Tohoku region of central Honshu Island. Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, was particularly hard hit, with the city of Joso inundated on Thursday after embankments broke along the Kinu River. Helicopters were required to rescue stranded residents. Tropical Storm Etau, which came ashore on Wednesday, brought with it heavy rainfall on the Kanto and Tohoku region of central Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, was particularly hard hit, with the city of Joso inundated on Thursday after embankments broke along the Kinu River. Helicopters were required to rescue stranded residents.
The police continued to rescue residents by boat on Friday. NHK reported that 590 people were still cut off on Friday afternoon.The police continued to rescue residents by boat on Friday. NHK reported that 590 people were still cut off on Friday afternoon.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company said that rainwater containing radioactive material flowed into the ocean from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday morning, when floodwaters overwhelmed drainage pumps. The amount of the overflow and radioactive material that escaped was not yet known, the company said. The plant, on the eastern coast of Fukushima Prefecture, was severely damaged in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.The Tokyo Electric Power Company said that rainwater containing radioactive material flowed into the ocean from the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Friday morning, when floodwaters overwhelmed drainage pumps. The amount of the overflow and radioactive material that escaped was not yet known, the company said. The plant, on the eastern coast of Fukushima Prefecture, was severely damaged in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
In the city of Osaki in Miyagi Prefecture, 1,200 people were trapped after the Shibui River overflowed on Friday morning, according to the newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The police, the Fire Department and self-defense forces, using helicopters and boats, had rescued more than 100 people there by 5 p.m. on Friday, NHK reported. In the city of Osaki in Miyagi Prefecture, 1,200 people were trapped after the Shibui River overflowed on Friday morning, according to the daily Asahi Shimbun. The police, the Fire Department and self-defense forces, using helicopters and boats, had rescued more than 100 people there by 5 p.m. on Friday, NHK reported.