Typhoon Hagibis: four dead in Japan as 'worst storm in 60 years' roars through
Source: The Observer and agencies
Typhoon Hagibis: four dead in Japan as ‘worst storm in 60 years’ roars through
Threat of widespread flooding and landslides compounded by earthquake in Chiba prefecture
Gavin Blair in Tokyo and Jamie Doward with Agencies
Sun 13 Oct 2019 01.00 BST
First published on Sat 12 Oct 2019 21.03 BST
Four people were killed and 17 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralysed Tokyo, flooding rivers and putting millions under evacuation warning before it ploughed up the north-eastern coast.
Authorities lifted rain and flood warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo before dawn on Sunday but imposed them on areas further north after super-typhoon Hagibis blasted through the capital.
Attention focused on Fukushima, where Tokyo Electric Power Co overnight reported irregular readings from sensors monitoring water in its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was crippled by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Four people died in Chiba, Gunma, Kanagawa and Fukushima prefectures surrounding Tokyo, according to public broadcaster NHK. Among them was a man in his 60s who was found with no vital signs in a flooded apartment in Kawasaki, NHK said. Seventeen were missing early on Sunday, it said.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/12/japan-typhoon-hagibis-tokyo-earthquake-rugby-flood-rain
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