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Two new typhoons to hit Japan after Hagibis
TOKYO: Two new typhoons are moving towards the shores of Japan, where the elimination of the previous Typhoon Hagibis’ aftermath of floods and landslides caused by heavy rains has not yet been completed, Sputnik news quoted the Japan Meteorological Agency
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Japanese flood disaster frays resilience of elderly victims
DATE, Japan: When a river in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture overflowed on Sunday at the height of Typhoon Hagibis, 700 homes were flooded, many belonging to elderly residents too frail to clean up and repair their water-logged houses. Fukushima is no
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Typhoon Hagibis: Rescuers slog through mud as death toll rises to 74
The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 74 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water.
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Typhoon Hagibis: Death toll rises to 58
TOKYO: The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 58 as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing and as thousands of homes remained without power or
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Japan sends troops to help victims of Typhoon Hagibis
NAGANO: Japan sent tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers yesterday to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history. At least 30 people were killed in
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Typhoon Hagibis: Biggest Japan storm in decades makes landfall
As least five people are reported dead and others are missing as Japan endures what could be its worst storm for 60 years. The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall shortly before 19:00 local time (10:00 GMT), in Izu Peninsula,
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