World Elderly care home residents killed by flood waters in Japan ******************************************************** BBC News 20 hours ago Like Reblog on Tumblr Tweet At least nine people have been found dead in an old people's home that was overcome by floodwaters in Japan . The flooding has been caused by Typhoon Lionrock - which swept across northern Japan. In some areas half a meter of rainfall has fallen causing rivers to burst their banks. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports