Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan with unusual force and wind speeds last week. The storm produced heavy rainfall and flooding in many areas. The water caused landslides as well as floods that left people trapped on building tops. Newspapers and other media published images of bullet trains, known to Japanese as Shinkansen, that were flooded in Nagano, a mountainous area northwest of Tokyo. The pictures show the ability of natural disasters to slow down modern life. Experts say periods of calm can cause a false sense of security in a country inured to danger by the threat of earthquakes, tsunami and volcanos.
Title: Flooded Trains Show Disaster Risks in Japan
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/3730/fl.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Flooded Trains Show Disaster Risks in Japan' data-article-id='4211'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7813'>Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan with unusual force and wind speeds last week.</span> <span data-start-time='7813' data-end-time='13979'>The storm produced heavy rainfall and flooding in many areas.</span> <span data-start-time='13979' data-end-time='24021'>The water caused landslides as well as floods that left people trapped on building tops.</span> <span data-start-time='24021' data-end-time='42771'>Newspapers and other media published images of bullet trains, known to Japanese as Shinkansen, that were flooded in Nagano, a mountainous area northwest of Tokyo.</span> <span data-start-time='42771' data-end-time='51667'>The pictures show the ability of natural disasters to slow down modern life.</span> <span data-start-time='51667' data-end-time='68146'>Experts say periods of calm can cause a false sense of security in a country inured to danger by the threat of earthquakes, tsunami and volcanos.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' 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