TOKYO: Nearly 200,000 people in western Japan were urged to evacuate on Saturday as authorities warned of landslides and floods, while the remnants of...
People walk past a fallen tree which landed on a car in Keelung on November 1, 2024, after Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall in eastern Taiwan on October 31. Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on October 31 as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life. - I-Hwa CHENG / AFP
The Japan Meteorological Agency said “warm, moist air... was causing heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in western Japan” partly due to Kong-rey, which was downgraded to an extratropical low-pressure system from a typhoon. While the evacuation was not mandatory, Japan’s highest-level warning is typically issued when it is extremely likely that some kind of disaster has already occurred.
Due to rain, Shinkansen bullet trains were briefly suspended between Tokyo and southern Fukuoka region in the morning before resuming on a delayed schedule.It claimed at least three lives and injured 690 people, according to the National Fire Agency, which added a migrant worker death to the toll on Saturday.
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