Four people died in Japan because of Typhoon “Dujuan”
At least four people have died and six are missing after powerful Typhoon Dujuan hit Japan. In the eastern and central regions of the country, almost 50,000 houses remain without electricity due to breakages in power lines, hundreds of flights have been canceled, trains and vehicles have been suspended.
At least four people have died and six are missing after powerful Typhoon Dujuan hit Japan. In the eastern and central regions of the country, almost 50,000 houses remain without electricity due to breakages in power lines, hundreds of flights have been canceled, trains and vehicles have been suspended. This is reported by The Japan Times.
Three people died because of floods and landslides caused by powerful downpours, which brought the typhoon. Another person was killed in the destruction.
Over the past 48 hours, 832 mm of rain fell in a number of areas, which is a record for the entire collection of such data. Overflowing rivers flooded vast areas, in some places, the level of flooding is reported to reach 1 m. On the eve of the government announced the need to evacuate to safe areas and shelter about 1.9 million people. Bad weather led to the closure of one of the world’s largest gaming exhibitions Tokyo Game Show, as well as the cancellation of concerts of the music festival Rock in Japan and a number of events of the Asian Games. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was forced to postpone the flight from Tokyo to the UN General Assembly in New York for four hours.
Now the typhoon has already left the territory of Japan and is moving northeast further into the Pacific Ocean. But, as meteorologists warn, the consequences of the disaster will persist for several more days in the form of strong winds, rains, floods, landslides.
Alena Miklashevskaya
