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Typhoon Hagibis in Photos Typhoon Hagibis in Photos
(about 8 hours later)
By The New York TimesBy The New York Times
Before Typhoon Hagibis landed in Japan on Saturday evening, the approaching storm pummeled the country, bringing landslides, violent winds, record rainfall and flooding. Rescue services jumped into action early Sunday morning, using helicopters to pluck stranded people from balconies and roofs, and inflatable boats to access residential streets turned into raging rivers, after Japan was lashed by Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm to strike the country in decades.
After the storm landed, the severe weather, evacuation orders and power failures escalated. At least 10 people were killed and 16 were missing as of Sunday morning, and hundreds of thousands were forced to abandon their homes.
About 2.8 million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and more than 200,000 are without power. Fourteen rivers flooded, the public broadcaster NHK reported, after record-breaking rains. In Nagano prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, a levee burst on the Chikuma river, flooding a wide area of Nagano city.
About 1.5 million people live below sea level in eastern parts of Tokyo, and meteorologists warned that as many as five million people might need to be evacuated if water overwhelmed the levees in low-lying areas. Another four levees across the flood zone had also collapsed, according to NHK.
Here is the storm in photos.Here is the storm in photos.
People watching the Isuzu River, swollen by Typhoon Hagibis, on Saturday in Ise, central Japan. Below, pedestrians crossing a windswept street in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. A Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter hovers over submerged homes in Nagano Below, rescuers at a landslide site in Tomioka.
A rescue worker swims through a flooded residential area in Kawasaki looking for those in need.
Residents being rescued in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture.
Submerged bullet trains in Nagano.
Water in Ashikaga, north of Tokyo reached the second story of some homes.
Houses damaged by a landslide in Sagamihara, near Tokyo.
Destroyed houses, cars and power poles, which according to local media were believed to be caused by a tornado in Ichihara, east of Tokyo. Below, people watching the Isuzu River, swollen by Typhoon Hagibis, central Japan.
Pedestrians crossing a windswept street in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture.
Waves surged onto shore in Mihama, Mie Prefecture, south of Osaka.Waves surged onto shore in Mihama, Mie Prefecture, south of Osaka.
Downed electrical cables in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.Downed electrical cables in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo.
The evacuation of guests from a hotel in Sengokuhara, Hakone Prefecture.The evacuation of guests from a hotel in Sengokuhara, Hakone Prefecture.
A submerged cafe in the Tama River in Tokyo.A submerged cafe in the Tama River in Tokyo.
Stranded fans taking shelter in a bowling alley after a Formula One race in Suzuka, central Japan.Stranded fans taking shelter in a bowling alley after a Formula One race in Suzuka, central Japan.