Rescue workers head to a submerged car in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, on June 2 to rescue a woman and her son. (Video footage by Noboru Tomura)

Photo/Illutration An abandoned car on a submerged road of Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture (Noboru Tomura)

Aichi Prefecture in central Japan seemed to have borne the brunt of Typhoon No. 2’s ferocity with flooding reaching knee level in some residential areas.

In Toyohashi, rescue workers discovered a submerged car around 10:10 p.m. on June 2 and eventually managed to pull a male driver believed to be in his 60s from the vehicle. But they were too late to save him.

Toyohashi and neighboring Toyokawa had the highest evacuation alert, according to the Aichi prefectural government, which said 477 evacuation centers were set up.

Officials said 1,137 residents were evacuated across the entire prefecture.

Homes across the prefecture were flooded but it was difficult to assess the extent of damage due to the number of roads rendered impassable.

Water levels at some roads in a residential area of Toyokawa rose to about 30 centimeters above the knee, or at mid-thigh level.

One resident called it the worst flooding in the 45 years she had lived in the area.

In the Funatocho district of Toyohashi, the water reached knee level at some roads, immobilizing three vehicles.

A mother trapped in one of those cars with her son was rescued with her offspring after she made an emergency call to the municipal fire department. Neither was injured.

The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train, which had suspended operations between Tokyo and Nagoya on the afternoon of June 2 due to the pounding rain, resumed operations from around midday on June 3.

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