Photo/Illutration Takemitsu Otsuki, second from front, and fellow neighbors offer flowers Nov. 12 at the site where houses were swept away in Marumori, Miyagi Prefecture, by Typhoon No. 19. (Shigetaka Kodama)

Nearly 3,000 people are still living as evacuees after three powerful typhoons pounded eastern Japan this autumn.

Figures show that about 2,700 residents in total are being put up in emergency shelters due to Typhoons No. 15, No. 19 and No. 21.

Nov. 12 marked a month since massive Typhoon No. 19 made landfall and brought record downpours in Japan.

According to the Cabinet Office, 2,669 people in Tokyo and nine prefectures in eastern Japan were still living as evacuees due to Typhoon No. 19 as of Nov. 11.

Among those prefectures, Fukushima Prefecture had the most evacuees at 1,113. The evacuees are housed in gymnasiums, community centers and other venues that serve as shelters in times of natural disaster.

In the city of Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, evacuation orders are still in effect for 3,013 people in 919 households due to fears that more rain could trigger another disaster. Of that figure, 684 people have evacuated.

In Chiba Prefecture, 45 people are still living in temporary shleters due to damage wrought by Typhoon No. 15.

Data compiled by The Asahi Shimbun as of Nov. 11 showed that 105 people in Tokyo and 12 prefectures perished in the three typhoons, as well as from torrential downpours triggered by Typhoon No. 21.

Typhoon No. 19 alone claimed 91 lives. Two people in Kanagawa Prefecture and one person each in Miyagi and Ibaraki prefectures remain unaccounted for.

70% OF VICTIMS OVER AGE 60

Nearly 70 percent of those who died in the three typhoons were aged 60 or older, according to calculations by The Asahi Shimbun.

Of the 104 victims whose age group has been confirmed, 25 people were in their 60s, 21 in their 70s and 25 in their 80s or older.

The high proportion of elderly victims suggested they apparently had difficulty trying to evacuate in sudden flooding.

Of 101 people whose circumstances at the time of death have been ascertained, 33 were apparently indoors and 31 were in the process of evacuating by car.