Six killed as typhoon Mitag sweeps parts of South Korea
Six killed as typhoon Mitag sweeps parts of South KoreaMitag, the 18th typhoon this year, brought heavy rains in southern parts of the country. As of 0130 GMT, the toll was six dead and four injured, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said.
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A powerful Typhoon Hagibis is approaching Japan and grew from a tropical storm to a category 5 storm in less than a day. It will bring 2 feet of rain and damaging winds to the Tokyo area this weekend, and Japan's government warned people to stockpile supplies and evacuate before it's too dangerous. The storm's center passed over an uninhabited island in the Marianas, but strong winds could continue to threaten islands in the region even as the storm moves away. Forecasts show the storm gradually weakening throughout the week as it moves north toward Japan.
(Pictured) Firefighters patrol on a flooded road due to heavy rains caused by Typhoon Hagibis at Ota ward in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
At least one dead as Typhoon Hagibis approaches Japan
At least one person has been killed and several injured as Typhoon Hagibis approached central Japan with hurricane-force winds on Saturday. © CNN WeatherThe storm had weakened as it approached Japan but still remains highly dangerous, with maximum winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour (122 mph) -- equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle)
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Residents walk on a flooded street in the aftermath, in Kawasaki, on Oct. 13.
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A view of Tama river, which reached flood risk level last night caused by Hagibis, in Tokyo, on Oct. 13.
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Residents clean up a flooded street in the aftermath, in Kawasaki, on Oct. 13.
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A rescue worker checks around a flooded residential area, in Kawasaki, on Oct. 13.
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A wrecked crane is seen at a construction site in the aftermath, in Tokyo, on Oct. 13.
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A car is seen partially submerged in a flooded residential area, near the Tama River in Kawasaki, on Oct. 13.
Typhoon Hagibis Slams Into Japan After Landslides, Floods and a Quake
Typhoon Hagibis, Japan’s largest storm in decades, lashed the country’s northeast early Sunday morning, just hours after hitting the Tokyo region with heavy rain and high winds that forced many residents to move to evacuation centers. Record rains flooded rivers, pushed dams to their limits and caused several landslides. An earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude also shook Chiba, east of Tokyo, early Saturday evening.One death was reported in a cyclone in Chiba, and NHK, the public broadcaster, reported that another person died after a landslide crushed his home in Tomioka City in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo.
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Public toilets are seen damaged after the Tama river overflowed, in Tokyo, on Oct. 13.
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A surfer walks out of the water as Mount Fuji is visible in the distance after Hagibis passed through the area, on Oct. 13, in Fujisawa, west of Tokyo.
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Roads are flooded due to heavy rains caused by Typhoon Hagibis at Setagaya ward in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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Spectators who evacuate from Typhoon Hagibis, gather at a makeshift accommodation for spectators of Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, central Japan Oct. 12.
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A residential area is flooded in Ise, Mie Prefecture, central Japan, ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis, on Oct. 12.
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Local residents walk beside hanging electric cables caused by strong winds from Typhoon Hagibis in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture on Oct. 12.
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An electric board shows a notice on suspending operations of the bullet train on Oct. 12-13 due to Typhoon Hagibis, at Tokyo Station, on Oct. 11.
Typhoon Hagibis Slams Japan, Kills Dozens
One of Japan’s worst typhoons in decades brought record-breaking rainfall to broad swaths of the country, killing more than two dozen people and causing breaches in river levees that submerged low-lying areas. Typhoon Hagibis left 31 people dead and 15 missing, according to public broadcaster NHK.In one mountainous town near Tokyo, as much rain fell in a few hours—nearly 40 inches—as would fall in an average four-month period. Typhoon Hagibis dropped 10 inches or more of rain in a band stretching more than 400 miles from central to northern Japan, explaining the breadth of the damage.
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Destroyed houses, cars and power poles are seen as Typhoon Hagibis approaches the Tokyo area in Ichihara, Japan, on Oct. 12.
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A man looks at surging waves hitting against the breakwater while Typhoon Hagibis approaches at a port in Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 12.
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A residential area is flooded in Ise, Mie Prefecture ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis, on Oct. 12.
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Commuters crosses a street near Tokyo Station as Typhoon Hagibis approaches Tokyo, Japan, on Oct. 12.
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Taped up windows and bags filled with water to counter a flood surge greet last dash shoppers at a convenience store in the Shinagawa district of Tokyo on Oct. 12.
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A passenger holds an umbrella in heavy rain and wind after getting off from a train at Shiroko, Suzuka, on Oct. 12.
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A railway passenger views information about Typhoon Hagibis at Shinjuku railway station in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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Surging waves generated by Typhoon Hagibis hit against a breakwater at a port in Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Oct. 12.
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Damaged houses caused by weather patterns from Typhoon Hagibis are seen in Ichihara, Chiba, on Oct. 12.
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A shop sign displaying information about early closure, is seen ahead of Typhoon Hagibis in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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A car speeds through water covering a road in Aoyama, Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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A man stands in front of ticket machines in Tokyo Station after Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended due to Typhoon Hagibis according to the operators, in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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A worker clad in rain gear stands before a pier at Hinode in Tokyo, on Oct. 12.
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Formula One fan Kazuki Yoshida, 31, from Chiba Prefecture, who evacuated from Typhoon Hagibis, rests at a makeshift accommodation for spectators of the Formula One Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, on Oct. 12.
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A passerby using an umbrella struggles against a heavy rain and wind as typhoon approaches in Tokyo, on Oct. 11.
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A spectator takes photos of an information board announcing the cancellation of all practice and qualifying sessions scheduled for Saturday at Formula One Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka.
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Empty shelves at a supermarket as people rushed to stock up in preparation for Typhoon Hagibis in Tateyama, on Oct. 11.
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Commuters at rush hour during a rain storm near Shinagawa Station in Tokyo, on Oct. 11.
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An employee of a car rental tapes the windows to protect them from the incoming typhoon in Kakegawa, on Oct. 11.
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Men look at fishing boats as surging waves hit against the breakwater at a port in town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 11.
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Sandbags are piled on a seawall in preparation for typhoon "Hagibis" on the seashore in Yokohama, on Oct. 11.
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A man looks at a shop, protected by wood boards, as typhoon approaches in town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Oct. 11.
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Rugby World Cup tournament chiefs demonstrate to the media, the potential impact of typhoon "Hagibis" as they announce match cancellations at a press conference held on Oct. 10, in Tokyo.
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On Oct. 9, satellite photo taken by NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite shows typhoon "Hagibis" approaching Japan.
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Canada rugby players help typhoon clean-up after game canceled in Japan
Canadian rugby players helped with recovery efforts in Kamaishi, Japan following the cancellation of their match, which was called off because of the threat of Typhoon Hagibis. © @rugbybworldcup/Twitter At least 31 people have died and 186 people have been injured in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis, which made landfall Saturday night, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and widespread flooding.Following the cancellation of their match in Kamaishi, @RugbyCanada players headed out to help with recovery efforts, showing the true values of the game. Amazing scenes and brilliant to see from the team.
TOKYO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers on Sunday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history, which killed 18 people and briefly paralyzed Tokyo.
There were also 13 people missing, public broadcaster NHK said, as Typhoon Hagibis left vast swaths of low-lying land in central and eastern Japan inundated and cut power to almost half a million homes.
Landing restrictions at Tokyo's Narita and Haneda airports were lifted but more than 800 flights were canceled for the day, NHK said, as were some Shinkansen bullet train services to the worst-hit areas.
Authorities lifted rain warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo, where stores reopened and many train lines resumed operations, but they warned there was still the risk of rivers in eastern Japan overflowing and inflicting fresh damage.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened an emergency meeting of relevant ministers and sent the minister in charge of disaster management to the affected areas. He offered condolences to the families of those who were killed and said the government was working to save people's lives and property.
"The government will do everything in its power to cooperate with relevant agencies and operators working to restore services as soon as possible," Abe said. The government had also set up a task force to deal with the damage, NHK reported.
Typhoon Hagibis kills dozens in Japan, floods bullet trains as massive search launched
A massive search-and-rescue effort was underway Monday in central and northern Japan after powerful Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents of rain and strong winds during the weekend, killing dozens and spawning devastating flooding. The storm is being blamed for the deaths of at least 58 people, with at least 14 missing and some 200 others injured, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported. The government's Fire and Disaster Management Agency, which is generally more conservative in assessing its numbers, said 24 people were dead and nine were missing.
Some 27,000 members of Japan's self-defense forces as well as firefighters, police and coast guard members were sent to rescue stranded people in central Japan's Nagano prefecture and elsewhere, the government said.
NHK said the full extent of the widespread damage was only beginning to emerge because many areas remained under water.
Some 425,000 homes were without power, the government said, reviving fears of a repeat of the weeks-long power outages suffered after another typhoon hit east of Tokyo last month.
In Fukushima, north of the capital, Tokyo Electric Power Co reported irregular readings from sensors monitoring water in its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant overnight. The plant was crippled by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES
Hagibis, which means "speed" in the Philippine language Tagalog, made landfall on Japan's main island of Honshu on Saturday evening and headed out to sea early on Sunday, leaving behind cloudless skies and high temperatures across the country.
NHK showed fields and vast residential areas in parts of central and eastern Japan covered in brown water, with some of the worst damage caused by Chikuma river in Nagano prefecture.
Military helicopters airlifted stranded people from homes near the river, some cradling their children, after they were trapped by water reaching the roofs of their houses.
The first floor of a large aged care home in Nagano city was shown under water.
Rescuers took residents from another flooded aged care facility by inflatable boats and carried them on their backs to safety. They also searched for survivors in homes destroyed in landslides near Tokyo's suburbs and in Fukushima prefecture, NHK showed.
Authorities at one point issued evacuation advisories and orders for more than 6 million people across Japan as the storm unleashed the heaviest rain and winds in years. Close to 150 injuries have been reported so far, NHK said.
The storm, which the government said could be the strongest to hit Tokyo since 1958, brought record-breaking rainfall in many areas, including the popular resort town of Hakone, which was hit with 939.5 mm (37 inches) of rain over 24 hours.
The Japan Meteorological Agency had issued the highest alert level for 12 prefectures, warning of the potential for once-in-decades rain totals, but lifted them early on Sunday.
Just last month, another strong storm, Typhoon Faxai, destroyed or damaged 30,000 houses in Chiba, east of Tokyo, and caused extensive power outages.
The Rugby World Cup match between Namibia and Canada in Kamaishi on Sunday was canceled, although the crucial Japan-Scotland match was set to go ahead. Two matches were canceled on Saturday.
Formula One Grand Prix organizers had also canceled all practice and qualifying sessions scheduled for Saturday.
(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Chang-Ran Kim; Additional reporting by Ritsuko Shimizu; Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Paul Tait)
Japan braces for 2 more storms after deadly typhoon .
Japan is bracing for two more storms heading its way a week after a typhoon devastated the country's central and northern regions. © Provided by The Associated Press A volunteer continues to clean up mud from last week's Typhoon Hagibis, in Nagano, central Japan, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Japan is bracing for two more storms heading its way a week after a typhoon devastated the country’s (Keisuke Koito/Kyodo News via AP) The Meteorological Agency said Monday that a tropical storm was off the southern coast of Japan's southwestern main island of Shikoku.
Six killed as typhoon Mitag sweeps parts of South KoreaMitag, the 18th typhoon this year, brought heavy rains in southern parts of the country. As of 0130 GMT, the toll was six dead and four injured, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety said. 
At least one person has been killed and several injured as Typhoon Hagibis approached central Japan with hurricane-force winds on Saturday. © CNN WeatherThe storm had weakened as it approached Japan but still remains highly dangerous, with maximum winds of up to 195 kilometers per hour (122 mph) -- equivalent to a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane. require(["medianetNativeAdOnArticle"], function (medianetNativeAdOnArticle)
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Typhoon Hagibis, Japan’s largest storm in decades, lashed the country’s northeast early Sunday morning, just hours after hitting the Tokyo region with heavy rain and high winds that forced many residents to move to evacuation centers. Record rains flooded rivers, pushed dams to their limits and caused several landslides. An earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude also shook Chiba, east of Tokyo, early Saturday evening.One death was reported in a cyclone in Chiba, and NHK, the public broadcaster, reported that another person died after a landslide crushed his home in Tomioka City in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. 
One of Japan’s worst typhoons in decades brought record-breaking rainfall to broad swaths of the country, killing more than two dozen people and causing breaches in river levees that submerged low-lying areas. Typhoon Hagibis left 31 people dead and 15 missing, according to public broadcaster NHK.In one mountainous town near Tokyo, as much rain fell in a few hours—nearly 40 inches—as would fall in an average four-month period. Typhoon Hagibis dropped 10 inches or more of rain in a band stretching more than 400 miles from central to northern Japan, explaining the breadth of the damage. 
Canadian rugby players helped with recovery efforts in Kamaishi, Japan following the cancellation of their match, which was called off because of the threat of Typhoon Hagibis. © @rugbybworldcup/Twitter At least 31 people have died and 186 people have been injured in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis, which made landfall Saturday night, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and widespread flooding.Following the cancellation of their match in Kamaishi, @RugbyCanada players headed out to help with recovery efforts, showing the true values of the game. Amazing scenes and brilliant to see from the team. 
A massive search-and-rescue effort was underway Monday in central and northern Japan after powerful Typhoon Hagibis unleashed torrents of rain and strong winds during the weekend, killing dozens and spawning devastating flooding. The storm is being blamed for the deaths of at least 58 people, with at least 14 missing and some 200 others injured, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported. The government's Fire and Disaster Management Agency, which is generally more conservative in assessing its numbers, said 24 people were dead and nine were missing. 
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