At least 26 dead after Typhoon Hagibis slams Japan
1 / 7Powerful Typhoon Hagibis hit Tokyo and the surrounding region just weeks after another strong storm churned through the areaPowerful Typhoon Hagibis hit Tokyo and the surrounding region just weeks after another strong storm churned through the area Tens of thousands of rescuers were working through Sunday night to reach people feared trapped in Japan by landslides and floods caused by a powerful typhoon that killed at least 26, officials and local media said.
The destruction forced the Rugby World Cup being hosted by Japan to cancel several games, but the"Brave Blossoms", as the national team is known, lifted spirits with a stunning 28-21 victory over Scotland Sunday that puts them into the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time. Military and fire department helicopters winched survivors from roofs and balconies in several locations, but in Fukushima one rescue went tragically awry when a woman died after falling from a chopper cradle.
Hagibis smashed into the main Japanese island of Honshu on Saturday night as one of the most violent typhoons in recent years, with wind gusts of up to 216 kilometres per hour.The storm claimed its first victim even before making landfall, when high winds flipped a vehicle, killing its driver. The dead included a municipal worker whose car was overcome by floodwaters and two Chinese crew members aboard a boat that sank overnight in Tokyo Bay."The government will do its utmost," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, vowing that rescue efforts would run through the night.More than 110,000 homes were still without power by Sunday evening, with others experiencing water outages.
"We never had a flood like this before in this neighbourhood," said one farmer, who declined to give his name.The storm brought travel chaos during a long holiday weekend in Japan, grounding flights and halting local and bullet train services.
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