Floodwaters ravage Japan

Torrential rain after the 18th typhoon to hit Japan this year has caused massive flooding and landslides. More than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate after rivers burst their banks in cities north of Tokyo following days of heavy rain pummeling Japan. A section of a levee bracing the Shibui River broke early September 11, 2015 threatening residents of Osaki City and flooding around 100 buildings. Three people are dead and more than two dozen missing.

Here, a resident is rescued by helicopter from a flooded residential area near the Kinugawa River in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015. The river burst its banks pouring water through the city of 65,000 residents, an hour's drive from Tokyo.

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An aerial view shows a parking lot and the Joso municipal government building flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Japan, September 11, 2015.

Floods that swept houses off foundations and crushed them under landslides spread across Japan as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 23 people missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee.

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Local residents are rescued by firefighters in a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Japan, September 11, 2015.

Floodwaters in Japan

An aerial view shows houses and rice fields flooded by the Shibui River in Osaki, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015.

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A damaged vehicle is seen in a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Japan, September 11, 2015.

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Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) members carry a senior citizen from a boat after rescuing a group of elderly patients from an isolated hospital flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015.

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Evacuees wait for food inside Toyota Castle in Joso, where hundreds of evacuees from an area flooded by the Kinugawa River were stuck over night, in Joso, Japan, September 11, 2015.

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Stranded on a road flooded by the Kinugawa River, people wait for rescue on the roofs of cars in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

Rare torrential rains in the wake of Typhoon Etau hit the country causing massive flooding and landslides.

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A resident (L) is rescued by a Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) helicopter at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa River, caused by Typhoon Etau, in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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Residents wait for rescue helicopters at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa River, caused by Typhoon Etau, in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

Entire homes were surrounded -- or even carried away as the city of Joso was inundated with floodwater.

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People are rescued from vehicles by firefighters at an area flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

The nearby river burst its banks, causing massive flooding in the city of 65,000, an hour's drive north of Tokyo.

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A man holding a tray of belongings wades through a road at an area flooded by the Omoigawa River, in Oyama, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, September 10, 2015.

Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 90,000 people from their homes.

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A man wades through a local shopping area flooded by the Kinugawa River in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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People wait for rescue on the roof of a car at an area flooded by the Kinugawa River, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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A woman is carried by a Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) member after being rescued by a helicopter from a flooded area at Ishige Sports Park acting as an evacuation center in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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A woman holding her pet dog wades through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa River, caused by Typhoon Etau, in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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A man looks at floodwaters at a break in the dike of the Kinugawa River in a residential area in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 10, 2015.

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A woman on a stretcher is helped by rescue workers after being rescued by a helicopter from a flooded area near the Kinugawa River, upon their arrival at Ishige Sports Park acting being used as an evacuation center in Joso, Japan, September 10, 2015.