Tokyo: Typhoon Dujuan brought torrential rain to Japan’s Pacific coast, triggering landslides that killed at least four people and left six missing, while disrupting electricity supplies to around 45,000 households, authorities and public broadcaster NHK reported.
A woman in her 60s died after mud entered her home in Yokosuka, while three others, aged between their 50s and 80s, were killed in landslides across Kanagawa and Chiba.
Rescue teams continued clearing debris in Miura, south of Tokyo, where one person was reported missing from a landslide-hit house.
Heavy rain caused rivers to overflow in parts of Chiba. Resident Richard Yonamine, 37, said floodwater entered his home in Sakura, describing it as an unprecedented experience after more than three decades in the area.
The storm moved northeast towards the Pacific after battering the region, while Tokyo Electric Power reported widespread power outages.
More than 460 houses were damaged, and search operations continued for the missing.
Dujuan also brought record rainfall. Oshima recorded 832 mm over 48 hours, more than twice its average September rainfall, while Tokyo’s Edogawa Ward recorded a record 282.5 mm in 24 hours.
The typhoon is the latest in a year marked by intense rainfall, floods and tropical cyclones across several parts of the world.
