Title: Heavy Flooding, Rescues as Rain Hits 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/474/flood_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Heavy Flooding, Rescues as Rain Hits Japan' data-article-id='829'><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='7146'>Heavy rains in central and northern Japan caused major flooding Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='7146' data-end-time='15354'>The rains forced tens of thousands of people to leave areas that have already received heavy rainfall.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='15354' data-end-time='22229'>The worst hit area was the city of Joso, about 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. </span> <span data-start-time='22229' data-end-time='31063'>There, the Kinugawa River could not contain rising waters that overflowed into the surrounding community.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='31063' data-end-time='37333'>Japan has received heavy rains this week from what was Typhoon Etau. </span> <span data-start-time='37333' data-end-time='43125'>Some areas have received more than 50 centimeters of rainfall.</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' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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rainfall</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/474/poor_sewage.m4a'><span>poor sewage</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4057 data-hint-location='22229' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/474/the_kinugawa_river__blank__into_the_surrounding_community.m4a'>The Kinugawa River <span class='blank'>overflowed</span> into the surrounding community.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='overflowed'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/474/overflowed.m4a'><span>overflowed</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/474/cut_off.m4a'><span>cut off</span></div><div class='choice' 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Heavy rains in central and northern Japan caused major flooding Thursday. The rains forced tens of thousands of people to leave areas that have already received heavy rainfall.
The worst hit area was the city of Joso, about 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. There, the Kinugawa River could not contain rising waters that overflowed into the surrounding community.
Japan has received heavy rains this week from what was Typhoon Etau. Some areas have received more than 50 centimeters of rainfall.
