Powerful Typhoon Shanshan hits Japan. There are casualties, millions of people have been evacuated
Date: 2024-08-30 Author: Nazar Litvin Categories: WORLD
By Thursday evening, the typhoon had weakened somewhat (as usually happens after making landfall) and reached the level of a “severe tropical storm.” However, by the time the cyclone column reached the Japanese island of Kyushu, the wind speed in it reached 70 m/s.
Landslides and roof collapses caused by Shanshan have killed at least four people, and about a hundred were injured.
One local resident has been missing for almost a day. A body was found in the sea, but it has not yet been identified: it is possible that this is another victim.
At least 237,000 homes were temporarily without power. Trains were suspended in the southern regions of the country, highways were closed, and Japanese airports cancelled about 700 flights.
Major industrial companies, including Nissan and Toyota, temporarily closed their factories across the country to avoid endangering employees and because of a possible shortage of spare parts.
The three people killed in Aichi Prefecture, located about 1,000 km from Kyushu, were members of the same family: an elderly couple and a man in his 30s. Their home was destroyed by gusts of wind shortly before the typhoon hit the coast.
Several hours later, rescuers managed to pull two relatives of the victims out from under the rubble of the house, who were lucky enough to survive: both rescued women are about 40.
According to the Japanese television company NHK, at least 39 people were injured by the destructive actions of the elements in the prefectures of Kagoshima and Miyazaki.
The coastal city of Miyazaki bore the brunt of the typhoon, where gusts of wind damaged about 200 buildings, injuring several dozen people.
Some areas of the prefecture received a record amount of rainfall for August: a total of almost 800 mm of rain fell on the city of Misato in two days, JMA reports.
Landslides and roof collapses caused by Shanshan have killed at least four people, and about a hundred were injured.
One local resident has been missing for almost a day. A body was found in the sea, but it has not yet been identified: it is possible that this is another victim.
At least 237,000 homes were temporarily without power. Trains were suspended in the southern regions of the country, highways were closed, and Japanese airports cancelled about 700 flights.
Major industrial companies, including Nissan and Toyota, temporarily closed their factories across the country to avoid endangering employees and because of a possible shortage of spare parts.
The three people killed in Aichi Prefecture, located about 1,000 km from Kyushu, were members of the same family: an elderly couple and a man in his 30s. Their home was destroyed by gusts of wind shortly before the typhoon hit the coast.
Several hours later, rescuers managed to pull two relatives of the victims out from under the rubble of the house, who were lucky enough to survive: both rescued women are about 40.
According to the Japanese television company NHK, at least 39 people were injured by the destructive actions of the elements in the prefectures of Kagoshima and Miyazaki.
The coastal city of Miyazaki bore the brunt of the typhoon, where gusts of wind damaged about 200 buildings, injuring several dozen people.
Some areas of the prefecture received a record amount of rainfall for August: a total of almost 800 mm of rain fell on the city of Misato in two days, JMA reports.
