Nov 21, 2023
Source:
KQED
The Rintaro restaurant staff was preparing osechi — a traditional meal to celebrate Japanese New Year. They’d been working on it all week, and on Dec. 31, 2022, they were just putting on the finishing touches.
That’s when they noticed water rising through the floor drains.
The staff climbed onto the tables. And as the water kept coming, they clambered through a window and waded out into the street, where needles and cars were floating around.