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At least 11 people were found dead in Japan on Wednesday Alvaro Morata Spain Jersey , most of them elderly residents at a nursing home, as heavy overnight rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across the country's north.
Police discovered nine bodies in the town of Iwaizumi while checking another facility in the flooded neighborhood, said Takehiro Hayashijiri, an official at the Iwate prefecture disaster management division.
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The identity of the victims and other details, including the whereabouts of their caretakers, were not known, Hayashijiri said. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the home was for people with dementia.
Authorities have found two more bodies — one in the same town and the second in another town of Kuji — in Iwate prefecture Cheap Spain Soccer Jerseys , according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
Footage on Japan's national broadcaster NHK showed the nursing home partially buried in mud, surrounded by debris apparently washed down in the swollen river. A car by the home was turned upside down.
At another nursing home, a rescue helicopter perched atop a flat roof of the facility, airlifting residents, each wrapped in a blanket and carried by their helpers.
"We're making a government-wide effort to assess the extent of damage Thiago Alcantara Spain Jersey ," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters.
The government sent the Self-Defense Force, Japan's military, to help in the rescue and cleanup effort.
Further north, on the island of Hokkaido, at least two rivers broke through their banks.
The embankments gave way early Wednesday morning Sergio Rico Spain Jersey , NHK said, quoting Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Tourism. The disaster management agency said at least one person went missing while driving or riding in a car that went down with a bridge torn away by the flood.
Authorities in the town of Minamifurano reported hundreds of people trapped in houses and shelters by flooding from the Sorachi river, the agency said. Hundreds of other people were also trapped in buildings and isolated in several towns in Iwate.
Typhoon Lionrock made landfall Tuesday evening near the city of Ofunato, 500 kilometers (310 miles) northeast of Tokyo on the Pacific coast and crossed the main island of Honshu before heading out to the Sea of Japan.
It was the first time a typhoon has made landfall in the northern region since 1951 Sergio Ramos Spain Jersey , when the Japan Meteorological Agency started keeping records.
The scene of large parts of northern Japan covered with muddy water was a shocking reminder of the major tsunami that struck the same region five years ago.
Iwate prefecture, the hardest-hit by the typhoon, is one of the areas still rebuilding from the March 2011 tsunami and earthquake, which left more than 18,000 people dead along Japan's northeastern coast.
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The match between Jenyo and Elman is among the hottest in the tournament and the stadium is packed to capacity.
As the referee whistles the start of the match the crowd comes to live as they encouraging players of the team they support.
Muse Jama, a football fan and supporter of Jenyo, said the return of football to Mogadishu shows the love for the game and that the city is changing for the better.
"This is a clear sign that people of Mogadishu and the country in general are encouraged by the relative peace and stability and this match is a sign of it," Jama told Xinhua.
The Banadir football stadium has been base for the warring sides and has been extensively damaged but the stadium has been renovated and refitted with an artificial turf with funds from FIFA.
Football is one of the most popular sports in Somalia and has been played in the horn of Africa nation for decades even during the height of the conflict youths would arrange matches between neighborhoods.
But this is the first time the country's top level league played in Mogadishu in nearly 30 years.
"Football is a favorite sports in Somalia as much of Africa and youths play it because the game is accessible to vast majority of them. It does not take much to play it," Harun Mahmoud Santi Cazorla Spain Jersey , a former footballer who was watching the game, said.
Football and sports in general had their dark days in Somalia as the radical Islamist group of Al Shabaab banned the playing and watching of sports in areas under their control including Mogadishu until they were ousted from the capital and much of the south-centre of the country back in 2011.
People could face severe punishment if they were found to have breached the ban with some receiving lashings for simply watching football or playing it.
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