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7 killed as typhoon hits Japan, moves along to quake-ravaged areas
TOKYO, Sept. 22 Kyodo -
Seven people were killed Wednesday as a strong typhoon made landfall on central Japan and traveled up the main island of Honshu through Tokyo to the northeastern areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake, with the weather agency warning of continuing devastation.
The casualties were in six prefectures stretching from Nagasaki in southwestern Japan to Kanagawa next to Tokyo, according to a Kyoto News tally as of 9 p.m. Another six persons are missing in the central Japanese prefectures of Yamanashi, Gifu and Shizuoka.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has called for ''the greatest possible vigilance'' throughout the day.
Typhoon Roke, the year's 15th typhoon, made landfall near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at around 2 p.m., and was traveling northeast near the Pacific coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture as of 11 p.m. at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour, packing winds of up to 180 kph.
The atmospheric pressure around the typhoon's core was 970 hectopascals.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference he was instructed by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who is now on a U.S. visit, to take all possible steps to deal with the typhoon via greater cooperation between government agencies and municipalities.
As the typhoon passed through the Tokyo metropolitan region toward the evening, East Japan Railway Co. and other railway operators suspended numerous train runs, causing difficulties for crowds of commuters in returning home.
About 1.22 million people were urged to evacuate across Japan at one point in the morning, with some 16,000 people in areas centering on Aichi and Mie prefectures still being ordered to and 239,000 people being advised to do so as of the evening, according to a tally by Kyodo News.
Also, some 69,000 people in Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, including people living in temporary housing due to the March 11 disaster, were instructed to evacuate.
The typhoon has caused the cancellation of more than 500 domestic flights and the suspension of Tokaido shinkansen services between Tokyo and Osaka, according to airlines and East Japan Railway.
Heavy rain is expected to continue across a wide area of Japan during the 24-hour period through Thursday evening.
Rainfall is forecast to total 250 millimeters in the Hokuriku region and 200 mm in the Kanto-Koshinetsu, Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, the weather agency said.
2011-09-22 00:25:55
Seven people were killed Wednesday as a strong typhoon made landfall on central Japan and traveled up the main island of Honshu through Tokyo to the northeastern areas ravaged by the March 11 earthquake, with the weather agency warning of continuing devastation.
The casualties were in six prefectures stretching from Nagasaki in southwestern Japan to Kanagawa next to Tokyo, according to a Kyoto News tally as of 9 p.m. Another six persons are missing in the central Japanese prefectures of Yamanashi, Gifu and Shizuoka.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has called for ''the greatest possible vigilance'' throughout the day.
Typhoon Roke, the year's 15th typhoon, made landfall near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at around 2 p.m., and was traveling northeast near the Pacific coastal city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture as of 11 p.m. at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour, packing winds of up to 180 kph.
The atmospheric pressure around the typhoon's core was 970 hectopascals.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura told a news conference he was instructed by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who is now on a U.S. visit, to take all possible steps to deal with the typhoon via greater cooperation between government agencies and municipalities.
As the typhoon passed through the Tokyo metropolitan region toward the evening, East Japan Railway Co. and other railway operators suspended numerous train runs, causing difficulties for crowds of commuters in returning home.
About 1.22 million people were urged to evacuate across Japan at one point in the morning, with some 16,000 people in areas centering on Aichi and Mie prefectures still being ordered to and 239,000 people being advised to do so as of the evening, according to a tally by Kyodo News.
Also, some 69,000 people in Iwate and Fukushima prefectures, including people living in temporary housing due to the March 11 disaster, were instructed to evacuate.
The typhoon has caused the cancellation of more than 500 domestic flights and the suspension of Tokaido shinkansen services between Tokyo and Osaka, according to airlines and East Japan Railway.
Heavy rain is expected to continue across a wide area of Japan during the 24-hour period through Thursday evening.
Rainfall is forecast to total 250 millimeters in the Hokuriku region and 200 mm in the Kanto-Koshinetsu, Tohoku and Hokkaido regions, the weather agency said.
2011-09-22 00:25:55
