Typhoon Dujuan ravages Japan
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Chiba Prefecture reported six deaths while Kanagawa Prefecture reported three as of 8 a.m. Wednesday. Two people are missing in each prefecture.
Authorities in Japan said the death toll from a powerful typhoon that brushed the country's eastern seaboard had risen to six with at least six missing.
The storm approached Japan’s Kanto region on Sept 21, triggering landslides and floods, and damaging hundreds of homes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The storm brought record-breaking rainfall to eastern Japan, triggering landslides, flooding and widespread disruption of transport.
Videos show enormous walls of storm surf pounding the coastline as deadly flooding and landslides devastate eastern Japan.
Torrential rains brought by a powerful typhoon lashing the country's Pacific coast caused landslides that killed four people with six missing, public broadcaster NHK said, while snapping electricity supply to about 45,