Japan has deployed tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers after one of the strongest storms in years hit, killing at least 23 people.
Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo bringing severe flooding.
Japan has deployed tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers to help following Typhoon Hagibis, one of the strongest storms to hit the country in years
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Japan's public broadcaster NHK said seventeen people are missing from the storm.
BREAKING: Death toll rises to 21 including an elderly woman who fell to her death from a helicopter after rescue workers forgot to attach the hook of her safety harness after Typhoon #Hagibis hits #Japan and causes widespread flooding.pic.twitter.com/zO6tTbLRlL
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In central Nagano prefecture, water surrounded Japan's famous bullet trains while helicopters plucked stranded residents from rooftops.
#UPDATE Japan's military scrambles to rescue people trapped by flooding after powerful Typhoon Hagibis rips across the country, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than a dozen missing https://t.co/JsJ5mFuRzp pic.twitter.com/8WfEY1zD68
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 13, 2019
A total of 27,000 military troops and other rescue crews have been deployed in relief operations.
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