Deadly typhoon

On Saturday, the typhoon “Hagibis” hit the territory of Japan. The country's authorities were forced to declare the maximum level of threat in 12 prefectures of the central part of the country, including the capital of the state - Tokyo. At the moment, a warning about the threat has already been canceled in all regions. More than 7 million people were forced to leave their homes due to the threat of floods and warnings about landslides, but it is believed that only 50 thousand people are in shelters. The Ministry of Land Resources, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan reported that at least 48 landslides and mudflows were registered in 12 prefectures, and nine rivers left the shores.

According to the Kyodo agency , the number of victims of the elements reached 19 people, another 16 people are missing and about 150 were injured of varying severity. The Japanese TBS television channel reports 22 missing.

Back on Friday, October 11, the Japanese meteorological agency warned that the Hagibis typhoon impending in Japan would be comparable to the taifs of the Kanogava and Ida, 1958. Then the element claimed the lives of over 1.2 thousand people.

The NHK state broadcasting corporation has published a statement by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who expressed condolences to the family of the dead.

“I pray for the souls of the dead and would like to express sincere condolences to families,” he said.

The channel also said that on Sunday morning, at the office of the Prime Minister, emergency crisis headquarters was created to coordinate the government’s actions to eliminate the consequences of typhoon.

Russia is ready to consider the assistance of Japan in eliminating the consequences of the elemental rampant. This was announced by TASS by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

“The President of Russia is always extremely attentive to such appeals, but so far there was no appeal,” the agency’s interlocutor said, answering the corresponding question.

Now search and rescue operations and work to eliminate the consequences of typhoon are ongoing. Emergency services, Japanese self-defense forces are involved, in particular, in the prefectures of Nagano and Saitama, where large floods occurred due to the spill of rivers. The metropolitan airports of Hanad and Narita resumed their work, and the railway message is limited. Local authorities promise to normalize the situation during Sunday. Also, due to typhoon, more than 270 thousand houses were left without electricity.

Sports events were postponed: the Grand Prix of Formula 1 and the matches of the World Cup in the Rugby between the national teams of England and France, New Zealand and Italy. Qualification F1 was postponed on Sunday, the best time was shown by the German Sebastian Vettel from Ferrari, Izvestia clarify.

We add that in the Sakhalin Directorate for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, TASS reported that Hagibis brought the Kuril Islands of the Livni and the wind, which reaches 25 meters per second. Later it can increase to hurricane 33 meters per second. At the same time, on Sakhalin itself the influence of typhoon is not yet felt and, according to weather forecasts, it is unlikely to be noticeable.