Rescue at flooded elderly home after Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan Rescue workers carry out an hours-long boat operation to evacuate hundreds of people from a retirement home in Kawagoe, northwest of Tokyo, which was flooded up to its top floor. More than 100,000 rescuers, including 31,000 troops, work into the night to reach people trapped a day after the ferocious Typhoon Hagibis slammed into Japan, unleashing unprecedented rain and catastrophic flooding.