authorities urged nearly six million people to evacuate.
Rescue services jumped into action early in the morning, with helicopters plucking stranded people from balconies and roofs. At least 30 people were killed, with 15 people reported missing and more than 170 injured, according to the public broadcaster NHK. Deaths were expected to mount as swollen rivers rushed through flooded neighborhoods. ….
At least two deaths and several landslides occurred before the typhoon made landfall, and a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook Chiba, east of Tokyo, on Saturday evening just before the storm hit. ….
At least 142 rivers flooded, NHK said, after record-breaking rains. In Nagano Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, a levee burst on the Chikuma River, flooding a wide area of Nagano City.
Levees on 21 rivers across the flood zone collapsed, according to NHK and information provided by local governments. ….
In Fukushima Prefecture, where a huge earthquake and tsunami caused the Daiichi nuclear power plant to melt down in 2011, a burst levee flooded the banks of the Abukuma River after heavy rains.