In pictures: Cars submerged as thousands stay in shelters

Thousands of people spent the night at railway stations, makeshift shelters and Tokyo's Narita airport as torrential rain pummelled eastern Japan. Here are some scenes from the ground. Cars were left abandoned in the streets of Oamishirasato, in Chiba Stranded passengers sit on the floor at Chiba Metro Station People stay at a makeshift evacuation centre at the Chiba prefectural government office People wade through flooded streets in Chiba