Typhoon Dujuan Aftermath: Japan Counts at Least 15 Dead as Chiba Rebuilds
Nearly a month after Typhoon Dujuan passed close to Tokyo on September 21 and 22, Japan is still counting its losses. At least 15 people have died in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, according to Kyodo News, most of them in landslides set off by record rainfall. Emergency repairs have only just been finished on levees at Lake Inbanuma in Chiba that burst during the storm. The Typhoon Dujuan aftermath shows how much of the deadly damage came from rain, flooding and unstable ground, not from the wind alone.
Typhoon Dujuan aftermath: deaths, missing and damage
The death toll has risen steadily since the storm. Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) reported 12 deaths and three people missing nationwide as of September 24, with seven deaths in Chiba, four in Kanagawa and one i...