Japan to allocate $6.6 million to recover from damage by Hagibis

In aftermath of Hagibis Typhoon, Japanese government is going to allocate of 710 million yen ($6.6 million) for affected areas. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, at a meeting of parliament’s budget committee, said that decision will be taken to ensure sufficient money gets allocated for recovery efforts.

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ne of missing persons located yet

"We want citizens to resume rmal life as soon as possible very much. We will do everything possible to ensure that ministrations of affected areas do t worry about finance and can focus on recovery," said Abe at meeting.

Though search and rescue operation is underway, ne of missing persons have been located and 74 people have died due to devastating typhoon as per latest reports. 

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Evacuation before landfall

According to Japan’s cabinet office, more than 2,30,000 people were evacuated from coastal areas before typhoon me landfall. It claimed that around 5,500 people are still housed in shelters.

“In 28 years of my life, this is first time I’ve h to evacuate even before a typhoon has landed,” said Yusuke Ikegaya, a Shizuoka resident.

meteorological ncy official, Yasushi Kajihara, h warned of heavy rainfall ahe of typhoon, saying “Be rey for rainfall of kind that you have never experienced”.

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Earthquake amid Hagibis

Thousands of houses are submerged in water with Fukushima, Miyagi, Kanagawa, Tochigi, Saitama, Naga and Shizuoka prefectures among worst affected due to typhoon. destruction was amplified by an earthquake that jolted Kanto region with a magnitude of 5.7. epicentre of earthquake was in Pacific Ocean off Chiba Prefecture which struck at 6.22 pm local time on October 12. quake recorded a 4 in sourn Chiba Prefecture on Japan’s quake intensity scale of 7 and 3 in 23 wards of central Tokyo.

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(With Input from ncies)