Eighteen people were killed and two were missing in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where heavy rains struck the 21st typhoon, Bualoi.
According to NHK et al., Rain exceeding the one-month precipitation in October, with 12 hours of precipitation reaching 283.5 mm until yesterday (25th) evening in Chiba Prefecture.
Seven rivers flooded, landslides followed, and eight people were killed and two were missing.
Chiba prefecture suffered a series of typhoons, such as the 15th typhoon 'Pasay' in September, which caused a major damage to the power supply of about 1 million households.
The heavy rains on Narita Airport and downtown Tokyo flooded the roads, disrupting land transportation such as buses.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has warned that heavy rain is expected in Tohoku in the northeast of the metropolitan area to this day due to the heavy rain that rained on Chiba Prefecture.
(Photo: Kyodo / Yonhap News)
Heavy Rain in Chiba, Japan 8 deaths, 2 missing
2019-10-26T01:12:36.414Z
Eighteen people were killed and two were missing in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, where heavy rains struck the 21st typhoon, Bualoi. According to NHK et al., Rain exceeding the one-month precipitation in October, with 12 hours of precipitation reaching 283.5 mm until yesterday evening in Chiba Prefecture.
Source: sbskr