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A man missing after being swept into a flooded Japanese river was found dead Saturday, raising the death toll from this week's floods to four and lowering the tally of missing persons to 15. Government officials confirmed that more than 15,000 homes have been flooded after torrential rains associated with former Tropical Storm Etau dumped unprecedented rainfall on parts of eastern and northern Japan Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Search and rescue efforts continued Saturday while crews made repairs to the broken levee that sent raging floodwaters from the Kinugawa River into the city of Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Thursday. Joso is about 30 miles northeast of downtown Tokyo. An earthquake struck the Greater Tokyo area at dawn Saturday as rescue efforts were poised to resume, injuring at least six people and rattling areas where people were still trapped in flooded houses.
Dramatic helicopter rescues unfolded on live television in Japan on Thursday as water breached that levee, leaving scores of residents trapped on the roofs or upper floors of their homes.
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