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Typhoon Hagibis, which continues to the northeastern coast, has already killed at least 11 people in Japan. Sixteen others are missing. Tokyo is paralyzed: more than half a million homes in the capital region are without electricity. Fukushima is on alert.
With our correspondent in Tokyo, Frédéric Charles
It's the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in 60 years. The elements are unleashed in the archipelago. Hagibis is larger in area than the country itself. He touched down Saturday.
In addition, on the main island, Honshu, the Tokyo area was hit overnight, at the same time, with a magnitude 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale.
This Hagibis storm is accompanied by torrential rain and strong winds. At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more are being forced to evacuate areas at risk.
Torrential rains - nearly a meter of rain fell in 24 hours at the foot of Mount Fuji - doubled with wind gusts of more than 200 km / h, caused many floods.
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The Tama River, west of Tokyo, bordering densely populated areas, is out of bed. In some houses, the water has risen higher than the head level of its inhabitants.
In Tokyo Bay, a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship was sinking. Four of his crew are missing.
Outside the city, in the Nagano region, a dike has dropped. Its waters flooded a residential area up to the first floor.
Fukushima is not spared. Tepco says water monitoring sensors have found irregularities. The hilly power station is vulnerable to very strong winds from a typhoon or earthquake that would destroy what remains of its facilities.