**TYPHOON ROKE/Japan Update**

[AsahinaKimi]

Heavy rains slam Japan / Commuters stranded as landslides, flooding create chaos

Local residents wade through a flooded street caused by approaching typhoon in Nagoya, central Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. Thousands of people in central Japan have been advised to evacuate as the powerful typhoon approaches. The storm system has already triggered floods that have left two people missing. JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA Photo: Kyodo News / AP

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 15, which directly hit the Japanese archipelago, wreaked havoc in a wide range of areas on Wednesday, including the Kinki and Tokai regions as well as parts of eastern Japan.

In Nagoya, 1,600 residents stayed overnight at evacuation centers in the city, though calls for 880,000 of its citizens to evacuate were lifted before noon Wednesday.

Work to pile up sandbags to repair and reinforce river embankments continued through the night until Wednesday morning in the Shimo-Shidami district in Moriyama Ward of the city, where the Shonaigawa river and branching Nagatogawa river flooded due to heavy rains Tuesday.

At the Shonaigawa river, water flooded over a 180-meter portion of the embankment. Workers from the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry's Chubu Regional Development Bureau reinforced the embankments with large sandbags, each weighing one ton.

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110921005666.htm

Typhoon passes Japan tsunami zone, heads north

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon that left at least 13 people dead or missing, paralyzed commuter trains and dumped rain on tsunami-ravaged northeastern Japan was headed to the major northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday.

Typhoon Roke caused no immediate problems other than broken security cameras at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which had been in its path overnight. The plant had been sent into meltdown by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and efforts are still under way to bring the reactors under control.

Hiroki Kawamata, spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co., said several cameras set up to monitor the plant were damaged, but that there had been no further leaks of radioactive water or material into the environment.

"We are seeing no problems so far," he said.

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http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Typhoon-passes-Japan-tsunami-zone-heads-north-2179086.php


People wade through a flooded underpass of a railway station in Kasugai, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011. More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate Tuesday as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods. JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA Photo: Kyodo News / AP

Honshu pounded by Typhoon Roke

Battered: Typhoon Roke envelops Japan at 4:01 p.m. Wednesday in a satellite image provided by the U.S. Navy. KYODO

Storm kills at least seven as thousands evacuate
Typhoon Roke slammed into Honshu on Wednesday and started making its way northeast, with the Meteorological Agency calling for "the greatest possible vigilance."


A taxi is partially crushed by a tree uprooted by the typhoon's powerful winds in Tokyo on Wednesday night. KYODO

The 15th typhoon of the season landed near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, at around 2 p.m., bringing strong winds and heavy rain to vast areas of western and northern Japan.

There were seven casualties in Kanagawa, Gifu, Aichi, Ehime, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures as of Wednesday afternoon. The body of a man in his 50s or 60s was found in a river in Nagoya in the early morning.

As of the Wednesday evening, most evacuation orders had been lifted except for about 60,000 residents, mainly in Aichi and Mie prefectures.

Another 239,000 people, mainly in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, were issued an evacuation advisory because of the risk of floods and mudslides.

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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110922a1.html

Typhoon hits quake-ravaged regions, floods temporary housing community

SUKAGAWA, Fukushima -- The powerful Typhoon No. 15 has caused major floods in temporary housing units here, bringing disaster once more to this city still suffering from the effects of the March 11 earthquake and ensuing nuclear disaster.

The fast-moving typhoon smashed into the Tohoku region late in the evening of Sept. 21, leaving two dead, several missing and affecting tens of thousands more as strong winds and heavy rain pounded the entire area.

Temporary housing units in Sukagawa, Fukushima Prefecture, were flooded when the river running through the park hosting the units overflowed due to heavy rains. According to unit residents, at one point the water reached their waists.

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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110922p2a00m0na017000c.html

Death toll from strong typhoon reaches 11

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The death toll from a strong typhoon that struck Japan reached 11 nationwide Thursday, with five people remaining unaccounted for, a Kyodo News tally showed.

Concerns over mudslides have grown across wide areas following heavy rains caused by Typhoon Roke, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to call for extreme vigilance.

The year's 15th typhoon moved northeast near Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday after disrupting transportation networks in the Tokyo metropolitan area the previous day.

A man and a woman were buried in a landslide in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, early Thursday morning. Both of them were rescued, but the 65-year-old woman, Tami Sannai, died later, according to local police.

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http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110922p2g00m0dm031000c.html

Mainichi Ohatu-まいにちおはつ-Something new everyday

頑張れ日本 !!

[Angry Dragon]

1. .................

:grouphug:

[SpiralHawk]

2. Thank you for the update

the vigil candle continues to burn

[AsahinaKimi]

7. You may need a few more candles...

Typhoon season isn't over yet, unfortunately.

[otohara]

3. I'm Worried

they would never call and tell us if the house blew down. A few years ago, the snow almost flattened the old place.
when we were there in June, there was a typhoon warning and although it never came to be in Gifu, I woke up to the sounds of this 100 year old home. It sounded like it was going to blow into Ibi river.

thanks AsahinaKimi

[AsahinaKimi]

5. I know what you mean ...

It took me a week, just to hear from my Father, that my Uncles family in Osaka were doing okay. I heard my cousin, who is a nurse there got in some extra duty time at the local hospital. I wish I could have phoned her and said, nice job!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Japan just can't catch a break. :^(

[uppityperson]

6. thank you for putting these together, have been reading elsewhere, appreciate your doing this

good luck Japan

[Arugula Latte]

8. Aw, Dammit.

:(

[hatrack]

9. Holy CRAP that's a big typhoon!

Like Japan hasn't been screwed enough this year already . . .

[AsahinaKimi]

10. and this one sailed

Right into Fukushima. Not good. Still looking for new reports on that...

[AsahinaKimi]

11. UPDATE: Typhoon moves away from Japan, leaving 16 dead or missing

TOKYO —

The second major typhoon in a month made its way out of Japan on Thursday after triggering landslides and floods that left at least 16 people dead or missing but sparing a crippled nuclear plant from major damage.

There had been concerns that Typhoon Roke could pose more problems for the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was sent into meltdown by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but officials said the plant weathered the storm without major incident.

Hiroki Kawamata, spokesman for plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co, said several cameras set up to monitor the plant were damaged, but there had been no further leaks of radioactive water or material into the environment.

“We are seeing no problems so far,” he said.

Police and local media reported 16 people dead or missing because of the storm, most swept away by rivers swollen with rains in the southern and central regions. One person died in a landslide in northern Iwate prefecture and two people were swept away in Sendai in the northeast.

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http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/typhoon-heads-north-to-hokkaido