In Japan, landslides due to typhoon killed two people

Several landslides have descended in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures in eastern Japan due to heavy rains brought by Typhoon Dujuan. Two people were killed and four others were missing, NHK said.

In the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, mud and debris flooded the first floor of a two-story house. During the search, firefighters and police found the body of an elderly woman in the building.

In addition, in the city of Sodegaura Chiba Prefecture, a worker on heavy equipment fell into a bamboo thicket and died while cleaning the ground from the road. There was a landslide near the scene, the police find out the details of the incident.

According to NHK, more than 47,000 households were left without electricity as a result of the typhoon, most of them in Chiba Prefecture.

In Chiba, heavy rains also occurred on August 13 and 14, in some areas the amount of precipitation was three times higher than the monthly norm. As a result of downpours, ten people died, more than 1.5 thousand houses were damaged.