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(Video footage by Noboru Tomura)</span> </div> <div class="ImagesMod"> <div class="Image"> <p class="Width"> <a href="/ajw/articles/photo/46343275"> <img src="//p.potaufeu.asahi.com/220b-p/picture/27625096/52e3f96b7a36c99b85ab8d296ef58d17.jpg" oncontextmenu="return false" onmousedown="return false" onselectstart="return false" alt="Photo/Illutration" /> <em class="Caption">An abandoned car on a submerged road of Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture (Noboru Tomura)</em> </a> </p> <ul class="Thum"> <li><a href="/ajw/articles/photo/46343276"><span class="Width"><img src="//p.potaufeu.asahi.com/aad3-p/picture/27625098/5a57f7ba342f8d8d2ed2ffb400e31c74.jpg" oncontextmenu="return false" alt="Photo/Illutration" /> </span></a></li> <li><a href="/ajw/articles/photo/46343277"><span class="Width"><img src="//p.potaufeu.asahi.com/ced5-p/picture/27625099/f10625e1253dc09e4b5c9c567542f835.jpg" oncontextmenu="return false" alt="Photo/Illutration" /> </span></a></li> <li><a href="/ajw/articles/photo/46343278"><span class="Width"><img src="//p.potaufeu.asahi.com/149e-p/picture/27625101/b5ccc8454c27c956c1eac5f9a8df342f.jpg" oncontextmenu="return false" alt="Photo/Illutration" /> </span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div>  <div class="ArticleText">  <p>Aichi Prefecture in central Japan seemed to have borne the brunt of Typhoon No. 2<span>’</span>s ferocity with flooding reaching knee level in some residential areas.</p> <p>In Toyohashi, rescue workers discovered a submerged car around 10:10 p.m. on June 2 and eventually managed to pull a male driver believed to be in his 60s from the vehicle. But they were too late to save him.</p> <p>Toyohashi and neighboring Toyokawa had the highest evacuation alert, according to the Aichi prefectural government, which said 477 evacuation centers were set up.</p> <p>Officials said 1,137 residents were evacuated across the entire prefecture.</p> <p>Homes across the prefecture were flooded but it was difficult to assess the extent of damage due to the number of roads rendered impassable.</p> <p>Water levels at some roads in a residential area of Toyokawa rose to about 30 centimeters above the knee, or at mid-thigh level.</p> <p>One resident called it the worst flooding in the 45 years she had lived in the area.</p> <p>In the Funatocho district of Toyohashi, the water reached knee level at some roads, immobilizing three vehicles.</p> <p>A mother trapped in one of those cars with her son was rescued with her offspring after she made an emergency call to the municipal fire department. 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