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More than 340,000 people were today told to leave their homes over landslide fears due to flooding .

Many low-lying towns and cities east of Tokyo, Japan, were left inundated after Typhoon Hagibis swept across the region .

Some 143,699 households in Fukushima, one of the worst affected cities, were evacuated today.

Fukushima Prefecture, the evacuation advisory, fears the danger of landslides remains very high.

Alarming photos show muddy water spill from rivers and pedestrians wade through waist-deep floods.

Almost 30,000 soldiers and rescue workers have been sent in to save stranded residents across the region.

The recent typhoons have so far killed 24 people.

And the Meteorological Agency has predicted up to seven inches of rain over the next 24 hours.

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More than 9,000 homes, including 6,000 in the Chiba prefecture and 2,500 in the nearby Ibaraki prefecture, were without electricity, according to Tokyo Electric Power Company.

Local media reported two dams were expected to release built-up water and urged downstream residents to evacuate as a precaution.

A motorway toll gate near Narita International Airport was temporarily closed for safety reasons.

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Heavy rain also washed out the second round of the PGA Tour's first tournament held in Japan, the Zozo Championship in Inzai City, where Tiger Woods was tied with Gary Woodland at 64 after Thursday's opening round.

Fukushima is on Honshu, Japan's largest island.

It is about 40 miles away from Japan's idyllic east coast.

Soma, in particular, is a coastal city nearby popular with tourists.