India, Sept. 24 -- A powerful tropical cyclone has left a trail of devastation across eastern Japan, as Typhoon Dujuan unleashed record-breaking rainfall, severe flooding, and deadly landslides near the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Sweeping past the Pacific coast, the intense storm has claimed at least four lives, while emergency crews continue desperate search operations for individuals still unaccounted for beneath mud and debris.

The disaster prompted authorities to issue the highest-level evacuation warnings for millions of residents, as critical infrastructure sustained catastrophic damage across the region.

The severe weather system brought highly concentrated linear rain bands to the Kanto region, dumping unprecedented volumes of wa...