Japan’s Nagoya reels from record rain, stranding commuters and flooding city

Nagoya in central Japan said on Wednesday that it has decided to provide emergency relief across the city where at least 41 people sustained minor injuries after a linear rain band formed, pounding the Tokai region with record rainfall the previous day.Many commuters and students were stranded for the night in Nagoya after transport was paralysed due to the rain. Around 1,600 people had taken shelter at evacuation centres as of 7pm on Tuesday and 200 vehicles had been damaged by the rain as of 4am on Wednesday, local authorities said.In the vicinity of Nagoya Station on Wednesday morning, many people headed to work looking exhausted after being unable to go home, including a 23-year-old woman from neighbouring Kasugai who spent the night at a karaoke venue near the station with a friend.