此后,日本至少有33人死亡,12多人失踪台风黑吉比斯据报道,这是自20世纪50年代以来袭击该地区最强的风暴之一,周末席卷全国。
哈吉比斯被归类为“超级台风”——也就是说,相当于4级或5级飓风的热带气旋,根据国家海洋和大气管理局。它有“每小时至少150英里的最大持续风速”
据日本气象局报道,周六下午7点左右,风暴袭击了东京所在的日本主要岛屿本州岛美联社。到周日早上,风暴已经大部分转向大海,但随之而来的是大范围的破坏。
风暴带来的暴雨摧毁了一些社区,造成致命的山体滑坡和河流洪水。这金融时报报道称,日本消防和灾害管理局向800万人发布了疏散建议和命令。此外,大约425,000户家庭断电,更少的家庭得不到干净的水。
2019年10月13日,日本枥木三野,台风“夏吉比斯”过后,一名妇女带着女儿穿过洪水。
政府部署了27,000名军人协助救援行动。据美联社报道,其中包括一些人驾驶直升机营救被困在像长野这样遭受严重洪灾的城市屋顶上的人。
当局和气象学家至少一周前就已经意识到朱鹭给日本带来的危险。风暴扼杀了美国的关岛和北马里亚纳群岛之后,很明显,黑吉比斯可能会与日本接触。
据报道,日本当局在暴风雨来临前向公众发出了“异常强烈”的警告金融时报。他们将朱鹭直接与1958年影响东京并导致1200人死亡的另一场台风相提并论。
据英国《每日邮报》报道,这些警告促使生活在预计会遭受风暴袭击的地区的人们购买食物和胶带来保护他们的窗户金融时报。由于便利店和餐馆提前关门,东京的一些整条街道“几乎空无一人”。到周日,随着交通服务的恢复和居民开始返回,东京地区已经基本恢复正常。
首相安倍晋三召开紧急会议,向受风暴影响的居民表示哀悼和安慰,根据这监护人。
“我向所有遇难者表示哀悼,并向所有受影响的人表示同情,”他说。「在停电、停水及交通服务暂停方面,我们会尽最大努力尽快恢复。我们要求公众在发生山体滑坡和其他危险时保持警惕。”
SUPER TYPHOON HAGIBIS THROTTLES JAPAN, LEAVING AT LEAST 33 DEAD AND MORE THAN A DOZEN MISSING
At least 33 people have died and more than a dozen gone missing in Japan after Typhoon Hagibis —reportedly one of the most powerful storms to hit the area since the 1950s—tore across the country this weekend.
Hagibis is classified as a "super typhoon" — that is, a tropical cyclone that is equivalent to a category 4 or 5 hurricane, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It has "maximum sustained winds of at least 150 miles per hour."
The storm hit Japan's main island, Honshu, on which Tokyo is located, around 7 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Associated Press. By Sunday morning, the storm had mostly spun out to sea, but had left a wide swath of destruction in its wake.
Torrential rainfall from the storm devastated some communities in its wake, causing deadly landslides as well as flooding from rivers. The Financial Times reported that Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued evacuation advisories and orders to 8 million people. Further, around 425,000 homes lost power, and a lower number were left without access to clean water.
A woman carries her daughter through floodwater following the passage of Typhoon Hagibis on October 13, 2019 in Sano, Tochigi Japan.
The government deployed 27,000 military service members to assist in rescue operations. This included some who flew helicopters to rescue people stranded on their roofs in municipalities that had experienced severe flooding like Nagano, according to the AP.
Authorities and meteorologists had been aware of the danger Hagibis posed for Japan for at least a week. After the storm throttled the U.S. territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, it was clear that Hagibis would likely make contact with Japan.
Japanese authorities reportedly issued "unusually strong" warnings to the public ahead of the storm, according to the Financial Times. They compared Hagibis directly to another typhoon that affected Tokyo in 1958 and caused the deaths of 1200 people.
The warnings spurred people living in areas projected to be hit by the storm to buy food and tape to protect their windows en masse, according to the Financial Times. Some entire streets in Tokyo were left "virtually empty" as convenience stores and restaurants closed early. By Sunday, the Tokyo area had mostly returned to normal as transportation services were reinstated and residents began to return.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an emergency meeting in which he offered condolences and reassurance to residents affected by the storm, according to the Guardian.
"I extend my condolences to all those who lost their lives and offer my sympathies to all those impacted," he said. "With respect to blackouts, water outage and suspension of transportation services, we will do our utmost to bring about a swift recovery. We ask the public to stay vigilant in case of landslides and other hazards."