 TOKYO - Japan ramped up rescue efforts on Sunday for survivors of a typhoon that brought record-breaking amounts of rain, flooding huge swaths of residential districts and leaving at least 33 dead. A day after Typhoon Hagibis lashed Tokyo and other areas in central, eastern and northeastern regions, 19 people are still missing, according to a Kyodo News tally based on information provided by rescuers and other authorities. Some 27,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces have been dispatched to those regions, including Nagano, where they tried to rescue about 360 people who were stranded after an embankment of the Chikuma River collapsed, with the land ministry warning of the possibility of floodwaters up to 5 meters deep. As the collapse was confirmed by around 3 p.m. and many were asleep at the time, the death toll could increase. Ten rows of bullet trains parked at East Japan Railway Co's railyard near Nagano Station, countless facilities and houses in the city and elsewhere were inundated by muddy water. https://japantoday.com/category/national/33-dead-19-missing-over-100-injured-after-typhoon-rips-through-Japan RIP to the victims. |
| Wow. I hope my thoughts and prayers will be of very much use to them. RIP |
| this is like the strongest storm so far this year all over the world and over decades there in japan i heard logically speaking 33 deaths from a record breaking storm like this is good news and good job by their government although ye emotionally RIP to the victims |
| Oh that's sad. I didn't expect that |
| I saw people being evacuated in neck deep waters. Some of the world cup rugby teams helped out the recovery missions when their games were cancelled. We only had one real hurricane in my lifetime and both I and my dog slept right through it, it was like a war zone when I woke up. Luckily it was just wind and no rain, I can't imagine what it's like to deal with 5-10 m floods. |
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| Hopefully the roads are quickly clear and they have food in store for them to buy... |
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