Ciclonul tropical a ajuns luni dimineața în sud-estul Japoniei și s-a îndreptat apoi spre nord-estul arhipelagului, traversând Tokyo şi împrejurimile sale. În cele opt prefecturi afectate, inclusiv capitala, s-au înregistrat inundaţii, iar autorităţile temându-se de efectele acestora şi ale unor posibile alunecări de teren au recomandat, ca o măsura de precauţie, evacuarea a peste o jumătate de milion de persoane din locuinţele lor.
O femeie de 58 de ani a murit în Sagamihara (suburbiile sudice ale capitalei Tokyo), a anunţat o televiziune locală, precizând că au fost rănite 25 de persoane în Chiba, 16 în Ibaraki, 8 în Kanagawa, 6 în Saitama şi 3 în Tokyo.
Un bărbat de 42 de ani din orașul Kitami, Hokkaido, și-a pierdut și el viața în timpul taifunului. Potrivit CNN, trupul lui a fost găsit pe marginea unui drum inundat, iar autoturismul acestuia a fost găsit în apropiere.
Himawari-8 satellite captured this imagery of TS Mindulle over the coast of Japan on 8/22. https://t.co/XOuguUv814 pic.twitter.com/Gd9XDCisZu
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 22, 2016
Transporturile au fost grav perturbate luni, peste 500 de zboruri fiind anulate, iar turnul de control al aeroportului internațional Narita a fost închis timp de o oră. Unele trenuri rămăseseră încă pe loc marţi dimineaţa, în timp ce taifunul a ajuns în insula Hokkaido, unde a continuat să deverseze cantităţi mari de apă.
Flooding at Yokota Air Base in Japan as storm locks down U.S. bases: https://t.co/JYFuGstQYS #Mindulle @usairforce pic.twitter.com/Y6cfAWnbpp
— Erik Slavin (@eslavin_stripes) August 22, 2016
Această regiune din nordul îndepartat al arhipelagului mai fusese traversată înainte de un alt taifun cu ploi abundente.
Taifunul Mindulle a creat, de asemenea, nelinişte în regiunea Fukushima.La Fukushima Daiichi, devastat de tsunami-ul din martie 2011, nivelurile de radioactivitate din fose au crescut datorită potopului de apă care a drenat substanţele contaminate, a menţionat într-un e-mail operatorul centralei nucleare de la Fukushima, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco).
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