Training rainbands from a weakening Tropical Storm Etau triggered disastrous flooding north of Tokyo, Japan, inundating at least 13,000 homes.

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Hardest hit were areas along the Kinugawa and Tone Rivers, including the city of Joso, population about 42,000 about 30 miles northeast of downtown Tokyo in Ibaraki Prefecture.

Digital Globe and Google released a set of photos on September 11, which help to capture the scope and magnitude of the flooding. Google has also started a disaster information map and person finder .

We've built some before and after GIFs below along the affected stretches of the Kinugawa and Tone Rivers.

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