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2 million ordered to evacuate as typhoon hits Japan
BBC News··4d ago
Almost two million people are under evacuation orders as Typhoon Dujuan struck Japan, NHK reported. NHK said two people died and four were missing in Kanagawa while winds cut power to more than 50,000 people and cancelled hundreds of flights. Dujuan carried sustained winds of 130km/h and gusts of 194 km/h as Japan's 25th typhoon this year.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Rock in Japan festival concerts scheduled for Monday were cancelled, and the Tokyo Game Show scrapped Monday's programme.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi offered condolences on X and said she would continue a planned US trip for the UN General Assembly.
- Authorities advised residents to follow updated weather information as the storm moved along the Pacific coast.
What's Happening
- Rescue crews in Yokosuka found a woman in her 60s dead inside a home after a possible landslide burial, NHK reported.
- A man in his 50s died in Chiba after being trapped while clearing debris at a landslide site, local reports said.
- Firefighters in Kanagawa responded after a caller said a house was crushed by a landslide.
Holiday events cancelled
- Forecasters linked intense Pacific storms to a super El Niño that has warmed ocean waters.
- Warmer seas can fuel higher wind speeds and heavier rainfall when typhoons form.
- Researchers say Japan may face more destructive storms even if global typhoon counts do not rise uniformly.
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