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Typhoon Hagibis in Photos | Typhoon Hagibis in Photos |
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By The New York Times | By The New York Times |
Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to abandon their homes as Japan was lashed by Typhoon Hagibis, the most powerful storm to strike the country in decades. | |
Rescue services jumped into action, using helicopters to pluck stranded people from balconies and roofs, and inflatable boats to access residential streets turned into raging rivers. | Rescue services jumped into action, using helicopters to pluck stranded people from balconies and roofs, and inflatable boats to access residential streets turned into raging rivers. |
Scores of rivers flooded after the record-breaking rains, and levees burst. | |
Here is the storm in photos. | Here is the storm in photos. |
A Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter hovers over submerged homes in Nagano. Below, a rescue worker swims through a flooded residential area in Kawasaki looking for those in need. | A Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter hovers over submerged homes in Nagano. Below, a rescue worker swims through a flooded residential area in Kawasaki looking for those in need. |
Residents being rescued in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture. | Residents being rescued in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture. |
Submerged bullet trains in Nagano. | Submerged bullet trains in Nagano. |
Ruined buildings in Chiba after they were hit by a tornado shortly before the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis. | Ruined buildings in Chiba after they were hit by a tornado shortly before the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis. |
Sorting through debris in Chiba. | Sorting through debris in Chiba. |
Elderly residents were rescued from a nursing home in Kawagoe. | Elderly residents were rescued from a nursing home in Kawagoe. |
Water in Ashikaga, north of Tokyo reached the second story of some homes. | Water in Ashikaga, north of Tokyo reached the second story of some homes. |
Houses damaged by a landslide in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. | Houses damaged by a landslide in Sagamihara, near Tokyo. |
Rescuers at a landslide site in Tomioka. | Rescuers at a landslide site in Tomioka. |
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. | 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. | 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. |