http://abcnews.go.com/International/wire...s-33649037. Rescue workers searched through a flooded city near Tokyo on Friday, hunting for missing people a day after raging floodwaters broke through an embankment and washed away houses and forced dozens of people to rooftops.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-10...te/6765562. Torrential rains in Japan have swamped a small city north of Tokyo, tearing houses from their foundations, uprooting trees and forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio.../29921633/ In this El Niño year, if the models hold up — and climatologists said they seem almost certain it will — it could soon be the beginning of the end of California's historic drought, even if it may come at a price.
"Yes, El Niño's great, and it could provide us with relief and replenish some of these reservoirs," Woods said. "The flip side of that is it could mean catastrophic flooding, too."

That's some serious rain. Sure California needs rain, but that's over the top

Historically, these types of events happen, and will continue, but this is a pretty awful scenario.

http://www.weather.com/storms/typhoon/ne...landslides. 3 confirmed dead 23 missing