An destructive typhoon ripped through Japan on Monday, as heavy rains and flooding damaged homes and left at least one victim dead.
Typhoon Man-yi forced 260,000 citizens of Sendai, a city located just north of Tokyo, to flee the area for higher ground in nearby shelters, the Associated Press reported.
Winds blowing at speeds of almost 100 mph tore through the city on Monday afternoon, while high water flooded houses, fields and structures. Photos of the area depict miles of muddy rain drowning the streets of Sendai.
The first reported death of a 72-year-old woman came shortly after the heaviest rains and winds hit the area - she was found beneath piles of debris from her crumbled home, which was demolished beneath the weight of a mudslide from the night before.
Three other people are still missing, according to public broadcaster NHK, including a 77-year-old woman from Fukui prefecture whose whereabouts were unknown after a mudslide struck her house. A man who was at a nearby river in Fukushima prefecture went missing when he went to check on some fish traps.
The news network showed video footage of tourists in Kyoto being transported by boats on a street completely flooded with dirty water.
Officials instructed each of the 81,246 citizens from nearby town Fukuchiyama to evacuate.
To ramp up rescue efforts, the Japanese government organized emergency relief crews, according to an official from the Prime Minister's Office, Hikariko Ono. Nearby areas Kyoto and Shiga prefecture requested that the Defense Ministry get together some emergency task forces to help out as well.
Around 70 people were injured nationwide since the Typhoon hit on Sunday.
300 homes in western and central Japan were flooded by Typhoon Man-yi, according to the Fire and Disaster Management agency - 80,000 residences lost electricity.
Flights out of Tokyo were grounded, while most train service in the city was suspended.
For the past few years, Japan has endured multiple bouts of bad news and natural disasters - a 2011 earthquake and ensuing tsunami ravaged the landscape, while recent radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station left workers scrambling to keep the sullied materials from seeping into the ocean and ground.