Flood chaos in Japan after tropical storm

The Japanese city of Joso is taking stock of the damage left behind by floodwaters after a rain-swollen river burst its banks.

The water has receded, but a vast area remains under a sea of brown water after an embankment of the Kinugawa River was breached.

As the sun came out, shocked residents and officials began to count the cost after water poured in so rapidly that many people could only clamber upstairs or to their roofs to escape.