At least 11 were killed and three missing due typhoon in northern Japan. Nine people were found dead inside a home for elderly people in a flood-hit town of Iwaizumi in Iwate Prefecture. Police said, they have recovered the bodies from a riverside care complex after Typhoon Lionrock ripped through the region, dumping torrential rain over a wide area.
With the recovery of bodies, the death toll from the storm has risen to 10. The typhoon slammed into northern part of the country last evening, dumping heavy rain, causing flooding and triggering power outages.
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