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RECORD RAIN. A car drives through a flooded road in the wake of Typhoon No. 5, now classified as Severe Tropical Storm Maria, in Kuji city of Iwate prefecture when it made landfall on Monday and dumped dumped more than two months worth of rain in the previous 24 hours, forcing the cancelation of dozens of flights. AFPTOKYO – Tropical Storm Maria made landfall in northern Japan on Monday and dumped the most rain in some areas since records began and forced the cancelation of dozens of flights.
There were no reports of injuries or severe structural damage, according to the Iwate Prefecture government. The storm dumped 368 millimeters of rain in the 24 hours to Monday morning in Kuji city, the most since the meteorological agency began keeping records there in 1978.The city also issued an urgent evacuation warning to about 8,300 residents living along a river as a nearby dam began a controlled release of water to prevent overflowing.
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