Storm creeps through Japan, bringing heavy rainfall to some spots for days

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Storm creeps through Japan, bringing heavy rainfall to some spots for days

TOKYO (AP) — Tropical Storm Shanshan brought torrential rain Sunday to

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’s Shizuoka area, 180 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Tokyo, as weather officials warned the storm would linger for several more days.

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, packing winds of 65 kph (40 mph),

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, leaving landslides, flooded rivers, torn branches and scattered debris in its path. In southwestern Japan, people were busy cleaning up muddied homes and throwing out broken appliances.

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, including three people who were trapped in a mudslide. It left one person missing and 127 people injured, according to ********* public broadcaster NHK, which compiles reports from local governments.

Shanshan was traveling extremely slowly and barely moving at all as of Sunday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

It

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, even in places not in its path, such as the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, according to the agency.

Some homes became lopsided as roofs caved in, while vehicles passed through brown water.

Shanshan initially crept across the southwestern ********* islands of Kyushu and Shikoku, then reached the main island of Honshu, meandering into coastal waters at one point but later moving back onto land.

Landslide warnings were issued in parts of Hamamatsu and Izu cities in Shizuoka Prefecture and Yokohama in Kanagawa, a port city near Tokyo, as well as at-risk spots in Tokyo. Tokyo in recent days saw mostly cloudy skies, speckled with moments of sudden and intense showers.

People living in areas at risk for landslides were told to evacuate to local stadiums and community centers as a cautionary measure. Shanshan’s exact route ******** uncertain. It’s expected to gradually move north Monday, then out over the Sea of Japan.

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