THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 20, 2019 at 18:30 JST
A man and his family take daily commodities from their house at 5:09 p.m. on Oct. 15 after the first floor was submerged in floodwater from the nearby Yoshidagawa river in Osato, Miyagi Prefecture. The family is now staying at a relative’s home. (Yosuke Fukudome)
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