"News happens every day, click to follow ️⬆️" Xinhuanet Affected by the heavy rainfall brought by the strong typhoon "Hagibis" across East Japan, floods broke out in many places in Japan, killing 33 people and leaving 19 missing. According to statistics from Japan's Kyodo News Ag

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According to statistics from Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 13th, the passage of "Hagibis" has caused flooding in many rivers in Japan. Currently, 21 rivers have burst their banks in 24 places, and another 77 rivers have overflowed their banks. Among them, the Chikuma River flowing through Nagano Prefecture burst its banks, causing widespread flooding in Nagano and Chikuma cities. Large residential areas were surrounded by floods, and some houses were even flooded to the second floor.

Japan's East Japan Railway Company's Nagano Shinkansen Rolling Stock Center was not spared. 10 Shinkansen trains responsible for one-third of the capacity of the Hokuriku Shinkansen were soaked by floods. Some experts said that these soaked trains may all be scrapped.

Overflowing rivers caused many nursing homes across Japan to be surrounded by floods. Many elderly people were trapped for a time, including 360 elderly people in 5 welfare facilities in the Chikuma River Basin. After being rescued by the Japanese police and fire departments, most of the trapped people have been safely evacuated.

Landslides also occurred in many places in Japan. A house in Gunma Prefecture was destroyed and three residents died. A house in Fukushima Prefecture was buried in sand, and the residents inside the house are still being searched and rescued. Another Panamanian freighter anchored in Tokyo Bay sank. 12 foreign crew members have now found 9 people through search and rescue, 5 of whom died.

In addition, railway bridges erected on many rivers in Nagano, Fukushima, Ibaraki and other prefectures were washed away, and 19 sections of 17 lines including the Tohoku Expressway and Tomei Expressway collapsed, and many places in Japan are still experiencing power and water outages. .

Japan’s public transportation system is gradually returning to normal. Except for the Hokuriku Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen, which were suspended for the entire day on the 13th, other Shinkansen and most lines in the metropolitan area basically resumed normal operations on the afternoon of the 13th. More than 800 flights were still canceled at Japan's Haneda Airport, Narita Airport and other airports on the 13th. It is expected that domestic and international flight departures and landings will basically return to normal on the 14th.

Original title: Strong Typhoon "Hagibis" killed 33 people in Japan

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Typhoon No. 19 "Hagibis" this year continues to wreak havoc in Japan, causing heavy damage to Japan. According to the latest report from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), "Hagibis" has killed 26 people in Japan, left 18 missing, and injured 175 people.

After the powerful typhoon "Hagibis", the 19th this year, made landfall in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan on the evening of the 12th, violent storms caused serious disasters and the water levels of many rivers surged. The Chikuma River flowing through Nagano Prefecture burst its banks and overflowed, causing the Nagano Shinkansen depot in East Japan to flood. A large number of trains were flooded, and the scene was shocking.

Typhoon "Hagibis" made landfall and brought violent storms, and the Nagano Shinkansen train in Japan was flooded.

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), affected by the typhoon, the Chikuma River flowing through Nagano Prefecture overflowed in Nagano City, Chikuma City and other places, and many areas were severely flooded.

JR East said that due to the flooding of the Chikuma River, the Shinkansen vehicles at the JR East Nagano Shinkansen Vehicle Center in Akanuma, Nagano City were severely flooded.

On October 12, local time, affected by Typhoon Hagibis, streets and houses in Mie Prefecture, Japan were flooded.

According to reports, the area around the Nagano Shinkansen Vehicle Center was flooded, and it is currently impossible to get close to confirm the detailed damage. In addition to being a garage for Shinkansen vehicles, this vehicle center is also responsible for maintenance. Now the entire vehicle center is flooded, which may affect the opening and dispatch of the Shinkansen in the future.

In the picture taken in Nagano City at around 9:30 am local time on the 13th, you can see seven Shinkansen trains soaked in water. These vehicles are the vehicles introduced when the Shinkansen opened, and are E7 series or W7 series. Since the electronic machinery of the train is difficult to clean after being soaked in water, and the air-conditioning wiring is especially difficult to repair if it is soaked in water. Some experts said that if the train is operated without water, it may catch fire, so the worst case scenario is to directly scrap it.The

report also stated that the cost of 120 carriages of the Hokuriku Shinkansen is 32.811 billion yen (approximately 2.146 billion yuan), and the cost of 1 group and 12 carriages alone is 3.28 billion yen (approximately 210 million yuan) . The flooded train will not only be difficult to repair and cost a huge amount of money, but it is also likely to reduce the number of trains in operation. Traffic will still be affected when the typhoon passes.

In response to this disaster, the website of the Chinese Embassy in Japan issued an emergency reminder on the 10th, calling on tourists going to Japan and Chinese citizens planning to travel to pay attention to weather conditions in a timely manner, adjust their itineraries in advance, and stay away from rivers, seasides and mountainous areas to avoid encountering floods or landslides. Wait for natural disasters.

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