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Typhoon-related death toll rises to 48, another 56 missing
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06 Eyl 2011 Sal 17:21
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Typhoon-related death toll rises to 48, another 56 missing+
TOKYO, Sept. 6 Kyodo -
The death toll from Typhoon Talas that hit western Japan over the weekend rose to 48 in nine prefectures and the number of missing totaled 56 in 10 prefectures as of Tuesday night, according to a Kyodo News tally based on announcements by local governments.
The total number of dead or missing has risen to 104, meaning the final toll could surpass that from Typhoon Tokage, which left a total of 98 people dead or missing in October 2004.
A total of around 2,500 people remained cut off in Nara and Wakayama prefectures as of Tuesday afternoon, while work to restore water and power supplies in affected areas was hampered due to severed roads following the powerful typhoon.
Torrential rain fell in northern Japan including Hokkaido, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to warn of landslides and flooding.
Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, visited Wakayama Prefecture, telling reporters, ''We will do our utmost to search for and rescue those who remain missing.''
Meanwhile, Takeshi Maeda, minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, visited the city of Gojo in Nara Prefecture and said, ''We must find those missing as soon as possible above anything else.''
The government of Tenkawa village in Nara on Tuesday instructed 15 people from eight households to evacuate due to the danger of a landslide.
According to local governments, around 1,680 households in Nara were without electricity as of Tuesday afternoon, while water outages continued across extensive areas. In Wakayama, more than 20,000 phone lines were out of service after cables were damaged, with no clear prospects for repair.
With their efforts to find the missing hampered by massive mudslides that have blocked or severed roads, police were considering mobilizing heavy machinery to remove mud and carrying out intensive searches.
The Wakayama prefectural police said they were trying to confirm information that contact has been lost with around 30 people in the city of Shingu and the town of Nachikatsuura, adding that about 320 police officers, including officers from neighboring Shizuoka, Shiga, Kyoto and Osaka prefectures, have been mobilized for rescue operations across Wakayama.
''We have not given up on the possibility that there may still be survivors,'' a local firefighter said as he searched through fallen trees and overturned cars in Nachikatsuura.
But as search and rescue efforts made little headway amid the rubble, Kimio Uchikoshi, 48, whose mother and two teenage sons remain missing, was visibly irritated, saying, ''They said they would clear roads for heavy machinery to go through but so far there's no sign of that. Are we supposed to just sit and wait?''
Among measures to deliver relief supplies to affected areas, the Nara prefectural government prepared 1 ton of water and emergency items including 3,100 rice meals to be airlifted by helicopter to the village of Totsukawa. Around 70 Self-Defense Forces members were mobilized to check road conditions.
Meanwhile, the Shingu city office in Wakayama began preparations to secure routes to deliver water, dry-cell batteries and other supplies to 26 communities that remain cut off and are comprised mainly of elderly residents, officials said.
In light of the devastation, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko sent condolence money Tuesday to Nara and Wakayama prefectures through the Imperial Household Agency. The agency did not reveal the amount.
Typhoon Talas has been downgraded to an extratropical cyclone after wreaking havoc in western Japan. The cyclone together with Typhoon Noru, which was heading north off eastern Japan, moved on to dump heavy rainfall on Hokkaido and other parts of northern Japan.
The weather agency forecasts that rainfall in the 24 hours through Wednesday morning may reach as high as 180 millimeters in Hokkaido and 80 mm in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan.
It urged residents to take precautions against lightning, tornadoes and heavy downpours of as much as 70 mm per hour.
==Kyodo
2011-09-06 23:21:55
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Typhoon-related death toll rises to 48, another 56 missing+
TOKYO, Sept. 6 Kyodo -
The death toll from Typhoon Talas that hit western Japan over the weekend rose to 48 in nine prefectures and the number of missing totaled 56 in 10 prefectures as of Tuesday night, according to a Kyodo News tally based on announcements by local governments.
The total number of dead or missing has risen to 104, meaning the final toll could surpass that from Typhoon Tokage, which left a total of 98 people dead or missing in October 2004.
A total of around 2,500 people remained cut off in Nara and Wakayama prefectures as of Tuesday afternoon, while work to restore water and power supplies in affected areas was hampered due to severed roads following the powerful typhoon.
Torrential rain fell in northern Japan including Hokkaido, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to warn of landslides and flooding.
Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, visited Wakayama Prefecture, telling reporters, ''We will do our utmost to search for and rescue those who remain missing.''
Meanwhile, Takeshi Maeda, minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism, visited the city of Gojo in Nara Prefecture and said, ''We must find those missing as soon as possible above anything else.''
The government of Tenkawa village in Nara on Tuesday instructed 15 people from eight households to evacuate due to the danger of a landslide.
According to local governments, around 1,680 households in Nara were without electricity as of Tuesday afternoon, while water outages continued across extensive areas. In Wakayama, more than 20,000 phone lines were out of service after cables were damaged, with no clear prospects for repair.
With their efforts to find the missing hampered by massive mudslides that have blocked or severed roads, police were considering mobilizing heavy machinery to remove mud and carrying out intensive searches.
The Wakayama prefectural police said they were trying to confirm information that contact has been lost with around 30 people in the city of Shingu and the town of Nachikatsuura, adding that about 320 police officers, including officers from neighboring Shizuoka, Shiga, Kyoto and Osaka prefectures, have been mobilized for rescue operations across Wakayama.
''We have not given up on the possibility that there may still be survivors,'' a local firefighter said as he searched through fallen trees and overturned cars in Nachikatsuura.
But as search and rescue efforts made little headway amid the rubble, Kimio Uchikoshi, 48, whose mother and two teenage sons remain missing, was visibly irritated, saying, ''They said they would clear roads for heavy machinery to go through but so far there's no sign of that. Are we supposed to just sit and wait?''
Among measures to deliver relief supplies to affected areas, the Nara prefectural government prepared 1 ton of water and emergency items including 3,100 rice meals to be airlifted by helicopter to the village of Totsukawa. Around 70 Self-Defense Forces members were mobilized to check road conditions.
Meanwhile, the Shingu city office in Wakayama began preparations to secure routes to deliver water, dry-cell batteries and other supplies to 26 communities that remain cut off and are comprised mainly of elderly residents, officials said.
In light of the devastation, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko sent condolence money Tuesday to Nara and Wakayama prefectures through the Imperial Household Agency. The agency did not reveal the amount.
Typhoon Talas has been downgraded to an extratropical cyclone after wreaking havoc in western Japan. The cyclone together with Typhoon Noru, which was heading north off eastern Japan, moved on to dump heavy rainfall on Hokkaido and other parts of northern Japan.
The weather agency forecasts that rainfall in the 24 hours through Wednesday morning may reach as high as 180 millimeters in Hokkaido and 80 mm in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan.
It urged residents to take precautions against lightning, tornadoes and heavy downpours of as much as 70 mm per hour.
==Kyodo
2011-09-06 23:21:55
