Record rainfall in Japan injures dozens

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• Record downpours in Nagoya, Japan have caused flooding, injuring 41 people and leaving hundreds stranded in emergency shelters.
• Athletes and participants in the upcoming Asian Games in Aichi prefecture, where Nagoya is located, had to seek temporary shelter due to the heavy rainfall.
• Authorities in Japan have announced emergency aid for the city area and are stepping up support for those affected by the recent heavy rainfall, with continued risk of landslides in large parts of the country.

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Japan continues to struggle with the aftermath of torrential rainfall, with record downpours flooding whole streets, injuring 41 people, in the badly affected city of Nagoya in central Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.

Water entered homes, restaurants and a school, broadcaster NHK reported.

Hundreds of people were unable to get home and had to spend the night in emergency shelters. Hundreds of damaged cars were left standing in the city's streets.

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Athletes and other participants in the upcoming Asian Games, which are set to start on September 19 and will mainly take place in the Aichi prefecture, where Nagoya is located, also had to seek shelter temporarily, according to local reports.

The authorities, meanwhile, announced emergency aid for the entire city area. A spokesman for the central government in Tokyo said support would be stepped up for people stranded by the recent heavy rainfall.

Heavy downpours have repeatedly made headlines in the island nation for weeks. In Fukushima prefecture in north-eastern Japan, a woman died when her car was flooded in an underpass.

In Fukui prefecture, 400,000 people were urged a few days ago to get to safety because of the risk of landslides.

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The greater Tokyo area was also affected by the remnants of a typhoon and a severe weather front. The national weather agency also warned that Thursday could bring continued heavy rainfall, with a risk of landslides in large parts of the country.