Up to one million people have been ordered to leave their homes in Japan following heavy rain and severe flooding.
One elderly woman died as hundreds of homes were flooded in the city of Okazaki, 230km west of Tokyo.
Many others were forces to evacuate their homes in the suburbs of Tokyo following landslides.
'The thunder was so strong and the rain was very heavy, too. Then I smelled the mud. That's when I knew this is really quite serious,' a man who fled the landslide in Tokyo told local television.
A train in the capital was hit by the landslide and derailed, but no one was injured.
A record amount of rain was dumped on central areas of Japan, peaking at 146mm (5.7 inches) in just one hour.
Authorities have now issued evacuation orders to almost one million people in the Aichi region, which includes Okazaki and the industrial city of Nagoya.
Japan has suffered repeated flooding in recent months and the government weather agency is warning of more rain in eastern and northern Japan today and tomorrow.
