Rescue Underway As Typhoon Hagibis Kills 11 In Japan
October 13, 2019
1:47 am
The military in Japan scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding after powerful Typhoon Hagibis ripped across the country, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than a dozen missing.
The storm’s heavy rain triggered deadly landslides and caused rivers to burst their banks. The destruction forced Rugby World Cup organisers to cancel the third match of the tournament though the key Japan-Scotland clash will go ahead.
By Sunday morning, the significantly weakened storm had moved back off land, but severe flooding was reported in central Japan’s Nagano, where a burst levee sent water from the Chikuma river …
