Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Saturday as a Category 2 storm in Honshu, Japan's largest and most populated island, killing at least 2 people from a landslide and heavy winds and injuring at least 60 in the process, per the Washington Post and the NYT.
The latest: There are extreme to advisory level flood and landslide risks across most of northern Japan as of Saturday, and Japan's meteorological agency has issued an emergency to high wave warning for most of the country. Japan's NHK reports the government has ordered over 600,000 people to evacuate and an evacuation advisory is in place for 7.97 million people.
- Japan's meteorological agency issued its highest alert level for unprecedented rainfall in Honshu — which includes Tokyo — on Saturday.
- At least 430,000 homes are without power in Japan, per public broadcaster NHK and the Post, and over 800 domestic flights have been canceled as of Saturday.
Background: Hagibis' 90 mph boost last week from a tropical storm to a Category 5, 160-mph storm on Monday "marked the speediest leap in storm strength in more than 23 years in that part of the world," the Capital Weather Gang reports.
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