Last-ditch effort to search for survivors
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Rescuers in Japan were working around the clock yesterday in an increasingly desperate search for survivors of a powerful weekend typhoon that killed more than 70 people and caused widespread destruction.
Hagibis slammed into Japan on Saturday, unleashing fierce winds and unprecedented rain that triggered landslides and caused dozens of rivers to burst their banks.
By last night, public broadcaster NHK put the toll at 72, with around a dozen people missing. The government鈥檚 tally was lower but it said it was still updating information.
Japan鈥檚 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said there was no plan to slow rescue operations, with around 110,000 police, coast guard, firefighters and military troops involved.
鈥淩escue work and searches for the missing are continuing around the clock,鈥 Abe told parliament.
鈥淲here rivers flooded, work is ongoing to fix spots where banks broke and water is being pumped out where floods occurred,鈥 he added.
His office said more than 3,000 people were rescued in the wake of the disaster, which affected 36 of the country鈥檚 47 prefectures.
The defense ministry has called up several hundred reserve troops 鈥 in addition to active duty soldiers 鈥 for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako were 鈥渄eeply grieving for so many people affected,鈥 an Imperial Household Agency official said.
The royal couple 鈥渆xpressed their sincere condolences for those who lost their lives ... and heartily hope that those who are unaccounted for will be found as soon as possible,鈥 according to the official.
But the government has no plan to delay a palace ceremony and parade to celebrate Naruhito鈥檚 enthronement on October 22.
Government officials warned that more rain was expected.
鈥淲e ask people not to drop their guard and to remain fully alert,鈥 said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
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