TOKYO: Nine people were found dead inside a home for elderly people in **rthern Japan, police said Wednesday, after a powerful typhoon tore through the region.
"We are trying to confirm the identities of these bodies," Iwate prefectural police Shuko Sakamoto told AFP, confirming that nine corpses were
found inside the care
home in the town of Iwaizumi, which suffered flooding.
Police
found the bodies
after rushing to the facility to rescue people who were trapped because of flooding caused by
typhoon Lionrock, public broadcaster NHK reported.
NHK footage showed a helicopter hovering over the care complex, half buried in mud and rubble, and rescuing people.
Typhoon Lionrock slammed into **rthern
Japan on Tuesday evening, dumping heavy rain, causing flooding and triggering power outages.
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