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Typhoon leaves 19 dead as Japan launches major rescue
[DAWN] Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan on Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes as the corpse count from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 19 with more than a dozen missing.Public broadcaster NHK said 14 rivers across the nation had flooded, some spilling out in more than one spot. The casualty toll was compiled by Kyodo News service and was higher than one given by the government front man earlier on Sunday, a day after Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo and battered central and northern Japan with torrents of rain and powerful gusts of wind. "The major typhoon has caused immense damage far and wide in eastern Japan," government front man Yoshihide Suga told news hounds, adding that 27,000 military troops and other rescue crews were taking part in the operation.
Posted by: Fred 2019-10-14 |
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