KCSM Newsline October 17, 2013
On izu oshima. Nhk worlds michio kijima reports. Reporter emergency teams encountered a ravaged landscape when they began their work on izu oshima. Mud had coated fields and roads. Twisted bits of trees were strewn here and there. Homes were wrecked. Rescuers found one woman trapped in the debris. They managed to get her out safely. Typhoon wipha bore down on izu oshima overnight. Fierce winds lashed the island. Record rainfall soaked it. More than 800 millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours. More than double the Monthly Average and the worst downpour since data became available 75 years ago. Loc...