Typhoon Leaves as Many as 33 Dead as Japan Continues Rescue

Vehicles are seen in mud water as Typhoon Hagibis hit the city in Sano, Tochigi prefecture, on Oct. 13, 2019. Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO—Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes on Sunday, Oct. 13, as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to as high as 33. One woman fell to her death as she was being placed inside a rescue helicopter.

Typhoon Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo on Saturday evening and battered central and northern Japan with torrents of rain and powerful gusts of wind. The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday.