Chopper drops woman

THOUSANDS of troops carried out a massive rescue operation across Japan as the death toll from Typhoon Hagibis rose to at least 35 — including an elderly woman dropped from a rescue chopper.

The woman, in her 70s, was being transported into a helicopter in Iwaki city when she was accidentally dropped about 40 metres to the ground, the Tokyo Fire Department said. She was rushed to a hospital but couldn’t be saved, a department official said.