Over 1.6 million people in eastern Japan have been ordered to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan brings torrential rain, powerful winds, and landslides to the Pacific coast. The internal affairs ministry reported that 1,674,084 people in Ibaraki, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka prefectures were under evacuation orders. In Sodegaura, a city in Chiba prefecture east of Tokyo, authorities issued a level-five alert—the highest in their warning system—for 40,000 residents, urging them to move above the second floors of their homes and avoid slopes. A similar level-five alert was issued for 3,020 residents in the town of Oshima and the Izu Islands, south of Tokyo, where the risk of landslides and flooding is the highest.
In Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, firefighters were searching for a woman in her 60s after a landslide crushed her home. Yasuhiro Kaneko of the Yokosuka city fire department told the BBC the woman was believed to be buried alive, and rescue teams were working at the scene despite heavy rain. A separate landslide in Sodegaura left a woman in her 40s with minor injuries, according to local media. Flooding and landslides have also disrupted traffic across the region, with roads submerged and vehicles stranded.
Typhoon Dujuan is producing sustained winds of 130 km/h at its center, with gusts reaching up to 194 km/h, according to the meteorological agency. Heavy and persistent rainfall is expected to continue through Monday, with up to 250 mm of rain forecast for the Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, and up to 350 mm in the southern Tokai region. Takuya Hosomi, the agency's chief forecaster, warned that it was "extremely likely that some form of disaster has already occurred in landslide-prone areas" and said the storm posed an "imminent threat to life." The typhoon intensified more than expected after slowing over unusually warm waters near the Izu Islands.
Images showed flooded roads and fallen trees as residents waded through water. Kamakura city mayor Takashi Matsuo posted a photo of a partially submerged car on social media, warning that traveling by car was dangerous due to flooding. Nearly 500 flights have been canceled at Tokyo's Haneda and Narita airports, and some bullet train services on the Tokaido line have been suspended. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delayed her trip to the United States to monitor the storm's impact. She had planned to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and address the UN General Assembly in New York but pushed her flight back to 11 p.m. local time. The typhoon also disrupted the Asian Games, which began in Nagoya, with an equestrian event postponed and some athletes possibly staying aboard the cruise ship Costa Serena if it needs to be relocated.
Typhoon Dujuan Forces Evacuations and Disruptions Across Japan
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