記録的豪雨により土砂崩れなどが相次いだ栃木県の鹿沼市に、9月13日からの3日間、在日アメリカ軍横田基地の兵士ら約70人が休暇を利用して復旧ボランティアに訪れていた。市内の小学校に寝泊まりし、民家や灌漑用水に溜まった土砂や木片を、重機やスコップでかき出すなどの作業を行った。NHKニュースなどが報じた。
栃木県鹿沼市で復旧ボランティアを行なう在日アメリカ軍
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Airman 1st Class Thomas Smith, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection services, shovels mud from an irrigation system at Kanuma City, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Smith and other members of a large volunteer force from Yokota Air Base, ventured to Tochigi to assist the locals with mud removal, sand bagging and fixing what was broken during a recent flood and landslide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Volunteers with the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron sleep on the gym floor of a local elementary school at Kanuma City, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. More than 20 of 60 volunteers stayed in the elementary\'s gym for two nights while assisting in flood relief efforts in the Tochigi area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/ Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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A volunteer from Yokota Air Base raises his hand high above local students after a \'thank you\' presentation at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. More than 60 Airmen and Japanese who work at Yokota Air Base to help remove thousands of pounds of mud from the many businesses, buildings and personal homes that were damaged during floods and landslides in the Tochigi area. Students at the local elementary school made a speech and sang a song to thank the volunteers for their efforts in the community. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/ Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Tech. Sgt. Marshall Johnston, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron structures craftsman, drops mud on the side of an irrigation creek at Kanuma City, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Johnston used mud taken from a clogged irrigation drain to fix an eroded creek wall that was leaking into a farmer\'s field. More than 60 volunteers from Yokota Air Base ventured to the prefecture to assist with post-flood and landslide relief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Airman 1st Class Jordan Spiceland, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection services, pumps water from a clogged irrigation drain at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Ten consecutive days of rain led to flooding and landslides that damaged much of the local area. More than 60 volunteers from Yokota Air Base ventured to the prefecture to assist with post-damage relief. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron establish an assembly line to download bags full of mud from a transport truck at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Tech. Sgt. Abdul Smith, 374th Civil Engineer Squadron, carries bags full of mud alongside a local resident at Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civil-ians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron clear mudflow from a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Zachary Schofield and Masanobu Ishikawa, both from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department, clean mudflow from a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Ja-pan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force pho-to by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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(Left to right) Maj. Korinne Takeyama passes a bag full of mud to Tech. Sgt. Abdul Smith, both from the Civil Engineer Squadron, at a house at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Ka-sono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Ya-suo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron ride in the back of a pickup truck in support of landslide sites at Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Sixty four students from the Kasono Elementary School and Airmen and civilians from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron pose for a group photo after the appreciation ceremony at Kasono El-ementary School, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
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Volunteers from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron greet residents from the back of a pickup truck after finishing cleaning an area of Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2015. Sixty Airmen and civilians from the 374th CES volunteered to help at sites in the Kasono area in support of floods and landslides caused by the heavy rainfall associated with the post-tropical remnant of Tropical Storm Etau, which stalled over eastern Japan, dumping up to 17 inches of rain in 24 hours, from Sept. 10 to Sept. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released) (credit:Yokota Air Base)
兵士らは複数のグループに別れて活動。土砂崩れによって、住宅の庭や田んぼに流れ込んだ泥や木を撤去する活動などにあたった。横田基地の公式サイトによると、子供のときに鹿沼市に住んでいたことがあるという兵士、マルコ・フルラン＝カネコさんが、ボランティアを企画したという。
カネコさんは豪雨被害をニュースで知り、自分が幼少期を過ごした町ではなかったとしても休暇をボランティアに充てようと決心。所属している部署に連絡した。すると、数時間後には60人のボランティアが集結。13日の早朝に出発した。
カネコさんが所属している部署は、軍の中では土木作業なども行なう部隊だ。ボランティアを指揮したコリーン・タケヤマ少佐は、「喜んで、ボランティアに参加しました。私たちは人道支援のための訓練も行ってきました。私たちの専用分野だったのです」と述べた。
自宅の庭の土砂を撤去してもらった69歳の女性は、「自分たちだけで片付けることはできませんでした。まさかアメリカ軍の兵士が来てくれるとは思っていなかったのでうれしかったです」と話した。
ボランティアの最終日、小学校の校長が兵士らに対して感謝の言葉を述べた。
「本当にありがとうございました。あなた方は子供たちに、ボランティア精神とは何なのかを教えて下さいました。もし万が一、このような災害があったとしたら、今度は彼らが、誰かを助けられるようになるでしょう」
豪雨、救助活動 2015年9月10日〜
Japan Asia Storm(01 of71)
Greenhouses are submerged in the flood water from the swollen Kinugawa River in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Japan Asia Storm(02 of71)
A truck is submerged in the floodwater from the swollen Kinugawa River near a signboard that reads: \"Joso, a city of nuclear free local authority\" in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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鬼怒川の氾濫で流され、横倒しになった家屋＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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A military helicopter flies over a flooded street during a rescue mission in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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ボートによる救助活動（茨城県常総市） (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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A devastated area after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA=時事/FRANCK ROBICHON)
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A man pushes his bicycle past stranded vehicles in muddy water in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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Goods lie strewn across the floor of a shopping centre following heavy flooding in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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Residents gather along a street damaged by floodwaters in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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A man is helped by a military rescue worker (L) on a flooded street in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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A military helicopter flies over a flooded street (L) and paddy field during a rescue mission in the city of Joso city in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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霞ヶ浦駐屯地を離陸するヘリコプター (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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A military helicopter flies over flooded land during a rescue mission in the city of Joso city in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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A military helicopter arrives before landing on the roof of a flooded shopping center to rescue people in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture, on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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A military helicopter prepares to land on the roof of a shopping centre during a rescue mission in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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Evacuees prepare to board a military helicopter on the roof of a flooded shopping center in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture, on September 11, 2015. A 2,000-strong team joined rescue operations on september 11 as hundreds of people were trapped with 12 missing in Japan after torrential rains triggered massive floods, deluging a city north of Tokyo. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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決壊した鬼怒川から濁流が流れ込む中、自衛隊ヘリに救助される人＝１０日午後３時４１分、茨城県常総市上空［時事通信ヘリより］ (credit:時事通信社)
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茨城県常総市で、堤防が決壊した鬼怒川の濁流にのまれた住宅から、自衛隊のヘリに救助される人＝１０日午後３時３３分［時事通信ヘリより］ (credit:時事通信社)
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鬼怒川の堤防が決壊し、住宅地に流れ込む濁流＝１０日午後３時３６分、茨城県常総市上空［時事通信ヘリより］ (credit:時事通信社)
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Military servicemen hold dogs during a mission to evacuate people from the roof of a flooded shopping center via helicopter in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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Military servicemen hold dogs during a mission to evacuate people from the roof of a flooded shopping center via helicopter in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture, on September 11, 2015. A 2,000-strong team joined rescue operations on september 11 as hundreds of people were trapped with 12 missing in Japan after torrential rains triggered massive floods, deluging a city north of Tokyo. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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Military servicemen tug a boat as they head to a flooded shopping center to rescue people in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture, on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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ヘリコプターによる救助活動 (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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ヘリコプターによる救助活動\n (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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Military servicemen tug a boat as they head to a flooded shopping center to rescue people in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture, on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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自衛隊員に救助された病院の入院患者と関係者ら＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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自衛隊員に救助された病院の入院患者と関係者ら＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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自衛隊のボートで救助された病院の入院患者と関係者ら＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personel rides a motorbike in a street flooded after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON (credit:EPA=時事)
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ボートによる救助活動（宮城県多賀城市） (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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ボートによる救助活動（茨城県常総市） (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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ボートによる救出活動 (credit:陸上自衛隊)
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冠水した道路でボートで作業する自衛隊員＝１０日午後５時３８分、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月10日 (credit:時事通信社)
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冠水した道路で、自衛隊員に誘導される女性（中央）＝１０日午後１時３５分、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月10日 (credit:時事通信社)
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Debris and mud are seen outside a house damaged by massive flooding in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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Police patrol a street after flooding damaged areas in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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A heavy digger is used to remove debris along a damaged road in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (credit:AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI)
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A man (2-R) is escorted after being rescued from a flooded area after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA=時事 /FRANCK ROBICHON)
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Evacuees receive food supply at an evacuation center in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA=時事 /FRANCK ROBICHON)
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A woman is escorted in a street flooded after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA=時事/FRANCK ROBICHON)
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A man is escorted out of an helicopter after being rescued from a flooded area after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON)
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apan Coast Guard personel are lifted back to their helicopter after the rescued people stranded in a flooded area after the Kinugawa River breached its banks on 10 September due to heavy rain generated by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north-east of Tokyo, Japan, 11 September 2015. Search-and-rescue operations intensified in eastern Japan after torrential rains caused mudslides and major flooding, leaving three deads and 25 missing. (credit:EPA時事/FRANCK ROBICHON)
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鬼怒川の堤防決壊で、冠水した幹線道路の中央分離帯を歩く男性＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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鬼怒川の決壊で水に漬かった鉄道の設備をチェックする関東鉄道社員ら＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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氾濫した鬼怒川の水が引き、散乱する屋根瓦＝１１日、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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渋井川の堤防が決壊し、冠水した道路を走る消防車両＝１１日午後、宮城県大崎市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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救助され、搬送までの間、日陰で休む病院の入院患者＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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浸水した市街地で、被災者らを乗せ進むボート＝１１日午後３時９分、茨城県常総市［時事通信チャーター機より］ \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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警察のヘリコプターで救出される被災者＝１１日午後３時４０分、茨城県常総市（時事通信チャーター機より）\n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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夕焼けの中、鬼怒川の堤防の上で取材する報道陣（左）。右は決壊してえぐれた堤防＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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浸水した市街地では消防や自衛隊員らの救出活動が続いていた＝１１午後３時１４分、茨城県常総市［時事通信チャーター機より］ \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
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鬼怒川の氾濫で住宅街にたまった水をくみ上げるポンプ＝１１日午後、茨城県常総市 \n\n撮影日：2015年09月11日 (credit:時事通信社)
Japan Asia Storm(53 of71)
Firefighters walk away at water flooded street near the Kinugawa River in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(54 of71)
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force seek victims at the Kinugawa riverside in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 13, 2015. Japanese authorities were on September 12 grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers frantically searched a shattered community for almost two dozen still missing. AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS ==JAPAN OUT== (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(55 of71)
Residents look out over the point of the Kinugawa river where it broke its banks on September 10, causing massive flooding to the area, in the city of Joso, Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Parts of Joso, a community of 65,000 residents, were washed away on September 10 when a levee on the Kinugawa river gave way, flooding an area that reportedly spans 32 square kilometres (12 square miles) after the worst rains in decades. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(56 of71)
This picture shows a badly damaged house near the point of the Kinugawa river that burst, flooding the area on September 10, in the city of Joso, Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Parts of Joso, a community of 65,000 residents, were washed away on September 10 when a levee on the Kinugawa river gave way, flooding an area that reportedly spans 32 square kilometres (12 square miles) after the worst rains in decades. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(57 of71)
Policemen wade through water as they help with the rescue mission following the September 10 flooding in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Parts of Joso, a community of 65,000 residents, were washed away on September 10 when a levee on the Kinugawa river gave way, flooding an area that reportedly spans 32 square kilometres (12 square miles) after the worst rains in decades. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(58 of71)
Debris is piled up in front of a Japanese-castle-shaped local community center (background) which is being used as a makeshift shelter for flood evacuees in the city of Joso, Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Parts of Joso, a community of 65,000 residents, were washed away on September 10 when a levee on the Kinugawa river gave way, flooding an area that reportedly spans 32 square kilometres (12 square miles) after the worst rains in decades. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIJI PRESS via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(59 of71)
This picture shows the point of the burst Kinugawa river in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Japanese authorities were on September 12 grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers frantically searched a shattered community for almost two dozen still missing. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(60 of71)
Police officers walk through flooded fields to search for missing people in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015, a day after an embankment of the Kinugawa river collapsed. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(61 of71)
A man walks on a road covered by flood waters in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015, a day after an embankment of the Kinugawa river collapsed. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / Yoshikazu TSUNO (Photo credit should read YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:YOSHIKAZU TSUNO via Getty Images)
The Week That Was In Asia Photo Gallery(62 of71)
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Japan\'s Ground Self-Defense Force members look at the floodwaters from the swollen Kinugawa River following heavy rainfalls caused by a passing tropical storm in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Houses lean forward, knocked partially off their foundations. The worst-hit are gone, their still-intact blue-tiled roofs left sitting on debris-strewn mud. The floodwaters have receded somewhat, but a vast area of the Japanese city of Joso remains inundated by a sea of brown water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(63 of71)
Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force attend a rescue mission in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Japanese authorities were on September 12 grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers frantically searched a shattered community for almost two dozen still missing. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(64 of71)
A member of the Ground Self-Defense Force attends a rescue mission in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Japanese authorities were on September 12 grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers frantically searched a shattered community for almost two dozen still missing. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(65 of71)
A military helicopter prepares to land on the roof of an apartment building during a rescue mission in the city of Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 12, 2015. Japanese authorities were on September 12 grappling with the aftermath of massive flooding that killed at least three people, as thousands of rescuers frantically searched a shattered community for almost two dozen still missing. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
Rescue operations after typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland(66 of71)
JOSO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11 : Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Force conduct search and rescue operations in Joso city, Ibatraki region after flooding in the northern of Japan on September 11, 2015. Flooding in the northern of Japan forced the evacuation of thousands of people and left large parts of one town submerged in Japan on September 11, 2015. Many parts of central and eastern Japan have been hit in recent days by torrential rain and heavy winds caused by Typhoon Etau. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rescue operations after typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland(67 of71)
JOSO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11 : Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Force conduct search and rescue operations in Joso city, Ibatraki region after flooding in the northern of Japan on September 11, 2015. Flooding in the northern of Japan forced the evacuation of thousands of people and left large parts of one town submerged in Japan on September 11, 2015. Many parts of central and eastern Japan have been hit in recent days by torrential rain and heavy winds caused by Typhoon Etau. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rescue operations after typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland(68 of71)
JOSO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11 : Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Force conduct search and rescue operations in Joso city, Ibatraki region after flooding in the northern of Japan on September 11, 2015. Flooding in the northern of Japan forced the evacuation of thousands of people and left large parts of one town submerged in Japan on September 11, 2015. Many parts of central and eastern Japan have been hit in recent days by torrential rain and heavy winds caused by Typhoon Etau. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rescue operations after typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland(69 of71)
JOSO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11 : Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Force conduct search and rescue operations in Joso city, Ibatraki region after flooding in the northern of Japan on September 11, 2015. Flooding in the northern of Japan forced the evacuation of thousands of people and left large parts of one town submerged in Japan on September 11, 2015. Many parts of central and eastern Japan have been hit in recent days by torrential rain and heavy winds caused by Typhoon Etau. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Rescue operations after typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland(70 of71)
JOSO, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 11 : Firefighters and Japan Self-Defense Force conduct search and rescue operations in Joso city, Ibatraki region after flooding in the northern of Japan on September 11, 2015. Flooding in the northern of Japan forced the evacuation of thousands of people and left large parts of one town submerged in Japan on September 11, 2015. Many parts of central and eastern Japan have been hit in recent days by torrential rain and heavy winds caused by Typhoon Etau. (Photo by David Mareuil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
JAPAN-WEATHER-DISASTER-FLOOD(71 of71)
The sun sets behind the wreckage of a house submerged in floodwaters in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. AFP PHOTO / KAZUHIRO NOGI (Photo credit should read KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:KAZUHIRO NOGI via Getty Images)
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