Faxai caused landslides near Chiba city on the morning of September 9. According to Kyodo News Agency, the incident caused the companies ...
Faxai caused landslides near Chiba city on the morning of September 9.
According to Kyodo News Agency, the incident caused the companies operating the train services to stop many routes to check the safety of the tracks, hundreds of thousands of passengers were affected.
East Japan Railway Company - East Japan Railway Co. stopping all routes in the expanded Tokyo area. Service will be resumed at approximately 10 am (local time) today after the tracks have been inspected.
After stopping the trains for inspection, the Japanese railway company restored the Shinkansen high-speed trains at around 7:40 after cleaning up the rubbish and debris on the tracks. The company also reduced the number of trains between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka.
Meanwhile, other railway companies and metro systems in urban areas stopped service. Many flights to and from Haneda Airport in Tokyo were canceled in the evening of September 8.
According to local authorities, more than 10 people were injured in Tateyama and surrounding areas in Chiba Prefecture, another 10 were injured in Chiba City, and 2 were injured in Kanagawa Prefecture.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the storm moved northeast at a speed of 25km / h. Winds of 216 km / h. Experts warn about the risk of landslides, flooding due to heavy rain in the affected areas of the storm.
As of September 9 morning, during a 24-hour period, storms that caused more than 440 millimeters of rain hit Izu city in Shizuoka Prefecture and an additional 109.0mm fell in an hour-long rain in the early morning.
Currently in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, about 920,000 households are experiencing temporary blackouts due to incidents such as trees falling on electric poles.
Ms. Phoenix
