00:00In Japan, record-breaking rainfall has pounded cities east of Tokyo, causing overnight flooded roads and homes,
00:06surrounded thousands of people and left at least four people dead and one missing.
00:10The Japan Meteorological Agency downgraded its most severe warning for heavy rain in more than a dozen municipalities in Chiba
00:17Prefecture,
00:18as rain subsided Friday morning.
00:21Photos and television footage showed widespread damage with homes, cars and parts of railway trucks flooded with muddy water.
00:28The Ground Self-Defense Force said it dispatched the buses to pick up about 4,000 stranded people who stayed
00:34overnight at the Soga train station.
00:37Thousands more were stuck overnight at the Manarita Airport serving the Tokyo region, with trains out of the area stopped.
00:44Service partially resumed Friday morning with delays, while flights in and out of the airport were operating normally Friday,
00:51with many people returning home at the end of Japan Bondsbody's holiday week.
00:55Record-breaking rainfall were seen also in Chiba City and Sakura, both experiencing over 3.5 inches of rain in
01:02one hour.
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