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Death Toll From Typhoon Rises to 9, 4 Still Missing
Local authorities said record rainfall triggered landslides and flooding, damaging about 500 homes and leaving search teams looking for four missing people.
- On Wednesday, the death toll from Typhoon Dujuan rose to nine following the discovery of additional victims in Kanagawa Prefecture and Chiba Prefecture, local authorities said.
- Approaching the Kanto region on Monday, the typhoon brought record rainfall exceeding 800 millimeters in 48 hours and damaged around 500 homes across Chiba, Kanagawa, and Ibaraki, according to NHK.
- Chiba Prefecture reported six deaths while Kanagawa Prefecture reported three as of 8 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities continue searching for four missing individuals, with two missing in each prefecture.
- An oil spill occurred Monday at an Eneos Holdings refinery in Yokohama, while torrential rain over the weekend caused one additional death in Miyazaki Prefecture.
- The typhoon struck during the five-day Silver Week holidays, which concluded Wednesday. Japanese markets are scheduled to resume operations on Thursday as recovery begins.
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Typhoon "Dujuan, the 25th cyclone of the current season, hit hard at the beginning of the week the large area of the Japanese capital Tokyo as well as the surrounding regions. Meanwhile, the storm has withdrawn across the Pacific, but has left considerable damage.
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