4 dead and 6 missing due to landslides in Kanagawa and Chiba due to heavy rain caused by Typhoon No. 25

Heavy rains caused by Typhoon No. 25 caused a series of landslides in Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, and according to both prefectures, as of 11 a.m. on the 22nd, four people had died and six were missing. Both prefectures have requested disaster relief dispatch from the Self-Defense Forces, and are conducting a search together with police and fire departments.

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Just before 2 p.m. on the 21st in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, a private house was crushed by a landslide, and the resident, a woman in her 60s, was trapped. Firefighters rescued him around 9:30 a.m., but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sediment has also flowed into apartments and private homes in the same city and Miura city. A couple in their 70s from Yokosuka City and women in their 20s and 30s from Miura City went missing.

According to Chiba Prefecture, a 51-year-old man who was found unconscious in Sodegaura City fell down a cliff along with heavy equipment while removing collapsed earth and sand, and died. Two women, one in their 70s and one in their 80s, died when their houses collapsed due to landslides in Kamogawa City and Sammu City. Two other men are unknown in Kamogawa City.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 244 millimeters of rain fell on the 21st at an observation point in Miura City, which is adjacent to Yokosuka City, making it the second-highest rainfall in a single day in statistical history. In Kisarazu City, which is next to Sodegaura City, 291 mm of rain fell on the 21st, setting a new statistical record. Both amounts far exceeded the average rainfall for the entire month of September.