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Typhoon Vongfong leaves 2 dead, more than 90 injured in Japan
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TYPHOON Vongfong having made landfall twice on Monday after sweeping through Okinawa and hitting southwest and western regions of Japan, before side swiping Tokyo early Tuesday and heading northeast toward the Pacific Ocean, left at least two dead and more than 90 injured in its wake.
The typhoon, which the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) categorized as the worst to hit the nation this year, made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture in the southwest and Osaka Prefecture in the west on Monday, before sweeping through the Kanto region, including Tokyo, and wreaking havoc on transportation networks and power grids, the weather agency said.
Up to 500 mm of rain was recorded as being dumped on some areas and wind speeds at the typhoon's peak were clocked at 143 kilometers per hour as it battered Okinawa, but as the typhoon headed north, the JMA downgraded Vongfong to a tropical storm, although it was still logged as the second typhoon to hit Japan in the past week, following Phanfone lashing the nation last week.
Government officials confirmed Tuesday that Vongfong had taken the lives of two people with 93 injured and two still unaccounted for. Some 44,000 people were left without power, with 400,000 people in coastal regions close to sea level issued with evacuation advisories, the officials said.
Preventative measures were taken by local railway operators in Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe areas who canceled all local trains ahead of the typhoon's arrival Monday and more than 100 Shinkansen super express trains were halted by late afternoon.
West Japan Railways confirmed, however, that operations had resumed as per normal on Tuesday morning.
Natural disaster preparedness remains a hot topic for local prefectural officials and the central government here, following the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan on September 28 that killed more than 50 unsuspecting hikers and Vongfong's predecessor Phanfone last week claiming the lives of at least 6, in twine with minor earthquakes charted here on Friday and again earlier the day.
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