Public broadcaster NHK said 12 were missing and more than 220 injured after Typhoon Hagibis lashed through the Japanese archipelago at the weekend. Residents in Fukushima prefecture, which has seen the highest number of casualties, were busy dumping water-damaged furniture and rubbish onto the streets. "I feel down," Hirayama, 70, said, adding that the flood had swept away all his green houses and farming equipment. Hirayama said he had rebuilt his house in 1989, raising the ground level following a flood in 1986. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government would spend 710 million yen ($6.5 million) to facilitate disaster relief.

Source: bd News24 October 16, 2019 00:56 UTC