A rescue helicopter flies past the castle-shaped Joso City local interchange center known as Toyota Castle where evacuees from an area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, were stuck overnight, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people missing and stranded many more when rivers surged over their banks. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents wade through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident wades through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, is seen in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident riding a bicycle goes through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in front of the castle-shaped Joso City local interchange center known as Toyota Castle where hundreds of evacuees from an area flooded were stuck overnight, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Umbrellas are pictured at the entrance of the Joso City local interchange center known as Toyota Castle where hundreds of evacuees from an area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, were stuck overnight, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





An elderly man is rescued by firefighters at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A damaged traffic signal is pictured along a street at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. Unprecedented rain in Japan unleashed heavy floods on Friday that tore houses from their foundations, uprooted trees and forced more than 100,000 people from their homes. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident wades through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers walk at an area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents wade through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A damaged Mercedes-Benz car is seen at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents are rescued by firefighters at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





An elderly man is rescued by a firefighter at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A damaged car is seen at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A destroyed car is seen at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents walk near the site where destroyed street and electric power poles are seen, at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local resident Toshiichi Nakazawa, 75, removes mud and debris around the entrance of his house at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A view of a site of a destroyed street, houses and electric power poles at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents walk near the site where destroyed street and electric power poles at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A damaged vehicle is seen at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





The mud covered hand of local resident Toshiichi Nakazawa, 75, is pictured holding a shovel as he tries to remove mud and debris around the entrance of his house at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident collects personal belongings from his destroyed house at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident collects personal belongings from her destroyed house at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A man looks at the site where a street, houses and electric power poles were destroyed at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 11, 2015 in the dusk. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents Masami Iida, 54, and his 34-year-old son Kazuya wade through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Araigi town in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. Floods that swept houses off foundations and crushed them under landslides spread across Japan on Friday as more rivers burst their banks, leaving at least 23 people missing and forcing more than 100,000 to flee. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Members of a family stand in front of their home at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Araigi town in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A damaged car is seen at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A firefighter's helicopter from Yamanashi Prefecture hoists a local resident rescued at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents wade through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A local resident rides a bicycle through a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Japanese Self-Defence Force soldiers on a boat conduct a rescue operation at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Araigi town in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A Japanese Self-Defence Force's helicopter flies over a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, as they conduct a rescue operation at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman cries as she looks at her damaged house at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





Local residents walk along a railway at a residential area flooded by the Kinugawa river, caused by typhoon Etau, at Mitsukaido district in Joso, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan, September 12, 2015. (Photo by Issei Kato/Reuters)





A woman walks towards a collapsed house on a field inundated by floodwaters in Joso in Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. Thousands of rescuers arrived in a deluged city north of Tokyo on September 11 to help evacuate hundreds of trapped residents and search for 12 people missing after torrential rains triggered massive flooding. (Photo by AFP Photo/JIJI Press)





The sun sets behind the wreckage of a vehicle submerged in floodwaters in Joso city, Ibaraki prefecture on September 11, 2015. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo)