In Photos: The Tragic Aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis

Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo on Saturday evening with heavy rain, which flooded the city and surrounding areas. The death toll has reached 36 and many people are still missing. Emergency workers swung into action, with helicopters plucking people from flooded buildings and police swimming through waters looking for missing people.


Police search a flooded area in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis, which caused severe floods at the Chikuma River in Nagano.

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A car partially submerged in floodwaters after Typhoon Hagibis.

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

An aerial picture of floods in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, 13 October 2019.

Photograph: Jiji Press/EPA

Rescue workers carry a rubber dinghy as they search a flooded area in Nagano prefecture.

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A woman after she was rescued from flooding in the aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis.

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

Search and rescue crews salvage belongings from the debris of buildings destroyed by a tornado shortly before the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis.

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A tornado formed during the course of Typhoon Hagibis hit Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Buildings lie in ruins after they were hit by a tornado shortly before the arrival of Typhoon Hagibis.

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A resident looks at a helicopter in a flooded area in Kawagoe, Saitama prefecture, after Typhoon Hagibis swept through central and eastern Japan.

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A rescue worker checks a flooded residential area in Kawasaki.

Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

 

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