KYODO NEWS - Oct 13, 2019 - 18:30 | All, Japan

Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm in decades to hit eastern Japan, has left many scars, with rivers overflowing into residential areas across a wide area of the country.

Here is a collection of photos captured by Kyodo News photographers.

(Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 13, 2019, shows houses in Nagano, central Japan, submerged after the Chikuma River overflowed due to Typhoon Hagibis.)

(The Chikuma River in Nagano, central Japan)

(A railroad bridge over the Chikuma River in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, destroyed after the river overflowed.)

(A road in Nagano, central Japan, submerged after the Chikuma River overflowed.)

(Residents taken to safety by boat in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture.)

(Sakado, Saitama Prefecture)

(Shinkansen bullet trains submerged at their base in Nagano city, central Japan, after the the Chikuma River overflowed.)

(A railroad covered with driftwood in Sano, Tochigi Prefecture.)

(Canada rugby player Peter Nelson volunteers to clean up mud in a house in Kamaishi, northeastern Japan.)

(Canada rugby players volunteer to clean up mud on a road in Kamaishi.)

(Condominiums submerged in Kawasaki near Tokyo after the Tama River overflowed.)

(A residential area is seen submerged in Kawasaki near Tokyo after the Tama River overflowed.)

(Houses in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, eastern Japan, submerged after a nearby river overflowed.)

(Cleanup at a hospital in Tokyo's Setagaya ward after the Tama River overflowed.)

(Setagaya, Tokyo)

(A baseball stadium submerged in Kawasaki near Tokyo after the Tama River overflowed.)

(A residential area in Tokyo's Ota ward is submerged.)

(Houses damaged by strong winds in Ichihara near Tokyo.)

(A car overturned by gusting winds in Ichihara.)

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