From the Guardian · Agence France-Presse · · 1m 50s
Typhoon Dujuan kills four in Japan, forces mass evacuation
Typhoon Dujuan swept through Japan killing at least four people, injuring 22, and leaving tens of thousands without power near Tokyo.
In brief
Typhoon Dujuan swept through Japan killing at least four people, injuring 22, and leaving tens of thousands without power near Tokyo. Typhoon Dujuan killed at least four people and injured 22 in Japan, causing landslides, widespread power outages and forcing over one point six million residents to evacuate near Tokyo…
Typhoon Dujuan sweeps through Japan
Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least four people and injured 22 in Japan. The storm brought violent winds of 144km/h and caused widespread destruction across the region.
Landslides devastate towns near Tokyo
The city of Yokosuka in Kanagawa prefecture reported multiple landslides. Mud flowing into a home killed a woman in her 60s. Police searched for a couple in their 70s missing in the area.
Chiba prefecture hit by deadly landslides
Local authorities in Chiba, near Tokyo, said three people were killed in a series of landslides. Two people believed to have been inside collapsed homes were missing. Forty-five thousand households lost electricity.
Over one point six million told to evacuate
More than one point six million residents in and around Tokyo were urged to evacuate on Monday by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. The evacuations were not mandatory. Japan Airlines cancelled 135 flights and All Nippon Airways scrapped 140.
Record rainfall drenches Tokyo area
Oshima, an island about 120km south of central Tokyo, received 832mm of rain over 48 hours, more than double its average September rainfall. Tokyo's Edogawa ward recorded 282.5mm of rain over 24 hours, a record.
Climate change intensifying typhoon risks
Scientists say human-driven climate change is intensifying the risk posed by heavy rains because a warmer atmosphere holds more water. Typhoon Dujuan is the latest extreme weather event in a year of unusually intense rain and floods globally.
In short
Typhoon Dujuan killed at least four people and injured 22 in Japan, causing landslides, widespread power outages and forcing over one point six million residents to evacuate near Tokyo.
