Tokyo, Bahamas struggle with aftermath of deadly storms
TOKYO/NASSAU: A powerful typhoon that battered Tokyo overnight with record winds killed two people, police said on Monday, as cancelled trains caused commuter chaos and more than 100 flights were scrapped, leaving thousands stranded at the airport.
Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 207 kmph made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay. Police confirmed two people were killed in the storm - a woman in her fifties who was found dead in Tokyo and an elderly man in the neighbouring Chiba prefecture.
The storm injured more than 30 people, including a woman who sustained serious injuries after gusts toppled a protective netting structure at a golf driving range onto nearby houses.
Non-compulsory evacuation orders were issued to hundreds of thousands and authorities said more than 2,000 people had taken refuge in shelters at one point. The strong winds downed trees and power lines. Nearly 760,000 households were still without electricity in the Tokyo area Monday evening.
BAHAMAS STRUGGLES AMID DEBRIS OF DORIAN
2,500 people have evacuated from the Bahamas as of Sunday, most of them from Abaco, The National Emergency Management Agency said. Shelters are housing about 1,100 people, the agency said; more are staying with friends and relatives. Some 90% of the homes, buildings and infrastructure in Marsh Harbour were damaged and some 70,000 people were in need of food and shelter, the WFP estimated.