Typhoon Hagibis: Biggest Japan storm in decades makes landfall

At least five people were reported dead when Japan endured the worst storms in 60 years and others went missing.

The eye of Hurricane Huggies landed just before 19:00 (GMT) local time on the Izu Peninsula in southwestern Tokyo.

It is currently moving at a wind speed of 225 km / h (140 mph) on the east coast of Japan's main island.

According to the NHK report, power was cut off in more than 270,000 homes.

The Kyodo newspaper said five deaths were confirmed elsewhere.

Two men died after a man in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture and a woman in Saga Mihara near Tokyo swept home in a landslide.

The Kyodo pointed out that a man in his 60s was found dead in a flooded apartment in Kawasaki, southwestern Tokyo. In Chiba's overturned vehicle, another victim, a man in his fifties, was found dead.

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The prison reported 11 people were missing and more than 90 were injured.

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A severe flood and landslide warning urged more than 7 million people to leave their homes, but only 50,000 are believed to be staying in shelters.

JMA's prediction, Ysushi Kajiwara, briefed the press.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned that there could be half a meter of rain in the Tokyo area between Saturday and Sunday noon.

Many high-speed train services have been discontinued, and several lines of the Tokyo subway have been mostly suspended on Saturdays.

All flights between Chiba's Tokyo Haneda Airport and Narita Airport have been canceled.

The two Rugby World Cup matches scheduled for Saturday were canceled for safety reasons and were declared draws for England-France and New Zealand-Italy. The cancellation was the first in the 32 year history of the tournament.

The Sunday Namibia-Canada match in Kamaishi was canceled and a draw was declared.

The organizers said that US Tonga in Osaka and Uruguay in Kumamoto would go on schedule.

Meanwhile, there will be a crisis game between Scotland and Tournament Host Japan on Sunday. The decision followed a safety check.

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Formula 1 played the preliminary race of the Japan Grand Prix on Saturday for the safety of the crowd, competitors and everyone on Suzuka Circuit.

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Local resident James Babb spoke with the BBC at an evacuation center in Hachioji, western Tokyo. He said the river near the house was overflowing.

"I am with my sister who has a disability." "Our house may be a flood. They gave us blankets and biscuits."

Andrew Higgins, an English teacher living in Tochigi in northern Tokyo, told the BBC that he had "severed a few typhoons" for seven years in Japan.

"This time I think Japan has generally accepted this typhoon much more seriously," he said. "People were preparing last night. Many people were securing stock."

Last month, Typhoon Fax has disrupted some parts of Japan, 30,000 homes have been damaged, and most have not yet been repaired.

A 93-year-old man told NHK at a shelter in Chiba Tateyama.

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Hagibis means "speed" in the Filipino Tagalog, and may be the biggest storm the country has faced since the 1959 typhoon Vera.

Vera struck Japan with winds of 306 km / h (190 mph) and more than 5,000 people were killed or missing.

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By local time on Saturday afternoon, video and photographs showed several rivers breaching the bank. This includes Tamagawa, which flows through residential areas of Tokyo.

Shuya Nakamura said, “There was a part where the bank was not completely built. We were treated with sandbags, but water began to overflow, ”he told AFP.

Many locals stocked the regulations before leaving the supermarket with empty shelves before the typhoon arrived at the advice of the authorities.

Japan produces about 20 typhoons each year, but Tokyo is hardly fit on this scale.