Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least two people in Japan, with tens of thousands of houses near Tokyo remaining without power after the storm, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The typhoon, which brought violent winds of 144km/h (89mph), was moving away from Japan on Tuesday morning, leading authorities to downgrade most heavy rain and landslide warnings.
Despite the downgrades, the storm caused widespread disruption, including the cancellation of 135 Japan Airlines flights and 140 All Nippon Airways flights. Multiple landslides were reported in Yokosuka, Kanagawa prefecture, near Tokyo, with one woman in her 60s dying after mud flowed into her home. Another person died in Chiba, and search operations are ongoing for four people missing after landslides.
Almost 50,000 households in Chiba, near Tokyo, were still without electricity on Tuesday morning. More than 1.6 million residents in and around Tokyo were urged to evacuate on Monday, though these evacuations were not mandatory. The typhoon dumped record rainfall in parts of the Tokyo area, with Oshima island receiving 832mm over 48 hours, more than double its September average, and Tokyo’s Edogawa ward recording 282.5mm over 24 hours.