Typhoon Dujuan Kills 4, Leaves 6 Missing in Eastern Japan as Rain Hits 832 mm
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Updated · The Japan Times · Sep 22
Typhoon Dujuan Kills 4, Leaves 6 Missing in Eastern Japan as Rain Hits 832 mm
3 articles · Updated · The Japan Times · Sep 22
Summary
Four people were confirmed dead and at least six remained missing Tuesday after Typhoon Dujuan triggered landslides and flooding across Chiba and Kanagawa, with search teams including the Self-Defense Forces deployed.
Record rainfall drove the damage: Oshima logged 832 mm in 48 hours, while parts of Chiba and Tokyo also set local records, leaving saturated ground and swollen rivers even after the storm moved east into the Pacific.
48,320 households across four prefectures were without power Tuesday morning, mostly in Chiba, while rail operators suspended sections of the Sobu, Narita, Sotobo and Keikyu lines after earlier flight cancellations around Tokyo.
Japan's weather agency kept its highest alert for landslides in parts of the Izu Islands and urged the Kanto region to stay on guard for further slope failures, flooding and river overflows despite improving skies.