Elderly woman falls from rescue helicopter in Japan: Typhoon Hagibis

An elderly woman has plunged to her death after she fell from a chopper during a rescue operation in Japan's Fukushima city, as loss of life from Typhoon Hagibis climbs to 35. 77-year-old woman fell around 40 meters from a helicopter after rescue workers failed to verify her safety harness accurately during an evacuation process in Iwaki city, around 195 km rast of Tokyo. She was reported de once her body arrived at  hospital. According to local reports, Tokyo Fire Department called a news conference to accept condemnations and apologise for tragic incident.

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Thousands of homes drowned

Thousands of homes in close proximity to sea and riverways were drowned on Saturday. It was fiercest storm in Japan in more than half a century to make landfall and hit country's largest island, Honshu. wind gusts reached a maximum speed of 230 kilometers per hour and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo after storm. electricity has been snapped on almost half a million homes according to international media reports. Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe has convened an emergency meeting of ministers and set up a task force to deal with dam from storm.

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At least 35 people have been reportedly killed 

At least 35 people have been reportedly killed so far by Typhoon Hagibis which has brought record levels of rain and left some 425,000 homes without power. Ar 20 people were missing and more than a dozen injured, according to reports of concerned authorities. government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said that government is trying its best to eng in rescue and search operations. More than 4.4 million people have been requested to evacuate ir homes in east and rast Japan, including 910,000 in city of Kawasaki.

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(With inputs from ncies)