‘Hagibis’ leaves 19 dead in Japan

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:05:26 +0000

A MAN looks at debris in the aftermath of typhoon ‘Hagibis’ in Shibata district, Miyagi Prefecture, yesterday. (AFP)

TOKYO (AP) – Helicopters, boats, and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan  to rescue people stranded in flooded homes as the death toll from ferocious typhoon “Hagibis” climbed to at least 19 with more than a dozen missing yesterday.

One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter.

Public broadcaster NHK said 14 rivers across the nation had flooded, some spilling out in more than one spot.

The Tokyo Fire Department said a woman in her 70s was accidentally dropped 40 meters  to the ground while being transported into a rescue helicopter in Iwaki city in Fukushima prefecture, a northern area devastated by the typhoon.

She was rushed to a hospital but died, a department official said.

The casualty toll was compiled by Kyodo News service and was higher than one given by the government spokesman earlier yesterday, a day after Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo and battered central and northern Japan with torrents of rain and powerful gusts of wind. The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm yesterday.

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