Typhoon Hagibis Leaves as Many as 33 Dead in Japan
A damaged train bridge over the swollen Chikuma river in Nagano prefecture on Oct. 13.
Photographer: Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images
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Tokyo (AP) -- Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday, 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.