THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 18, 2019 at 13:55 JST
Typhoon No. 19 flooded 42,000 houses in 17 prefectures as of Oct. 17, data compiled by The Asahi Shimbun showed.
More than 100 riverbanks were washed out, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
As rain is again expected on Oct. 18 in areas deluged by the typhoon, the ministry is hurriedly setting up temporary embankments there.
Rivers overflowed in a wide range of areas, including the Kanto and Tohoku regions. As the waters have receded, investigators are now assessing the damage.
In Tochigi Prefecture, where several rivers topped embankments, 18,413 houses were inundated below or above floor level.
In Nagano Prefecture where the embankment of the Chikumagawa river collapsed, 9,066 houses were flooded below or above floor level.
Throughout eastern Japan, 42,631 houses experienced inundation below or above floor level.
Of those, 22,466 houses flooded above floor level and 20,165 houses were flooded below floor level.
The death toll rose to 78 people in 12 prefectures according to The Asahi Shimbun data. Thirteen people remain missing and search efforts are continuing.
About 4,100 people have been evacuated in 12 prefectures, including Fukushima, Nagano and Miyagi.
The ministry said embankments were washed away at 125 locations along 68 rivers in seven prefectures.
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