Humanity Road

14 Oct

• NHK reported that as of October 14, at 1:00am, 31 people have been killed, 14 people are missing, and 186 people have been injured across 28 prefectures. source
• The number of households without power is approximately 59,100 as of 12:00 AM on October 14 source

13 Oct

• Overnight in Nagano prefecture, rescues continued in the dark, and the prefecture government provided information to the public in social media source
• Ministry of Defense, Self-Defense Forces deployed 31,000 people, 8 ships, and about 130 aircraft. In addition, the SDF has rescued about 430 people from river flooding and landslides so far (17:00 today) source
• Soma City – specific health checkups and various cancer screenings will change schedule due to the water outage caused by the typhoon source
• Nagoya City Fire Department dispatched its fire helicopter to Nagano Prefecture to assist with rescues source
• A nursing home in Saitama Prefecture was evacuated after 220 people were stranded due to flood source
• The Prime Minister deployed 110,000 people to assist including police, fire department, maritime capm, and the self-defense forces source
• As of Oct 13 at 1700 Report #5 DOCOMO mobile phones and “DOCOMO Hikari” service are not available or are difficult to use in some areas. See full list of impacts source
• East Japan Railway reported one third of its bullet trains were damaged source
• In just 48 hours, the city of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture received 1001 mm (39 inches) of rain source
• Due to the Tone River Flood Risk Level, Chiba Prefecture has announced an evacuation advisory Katori City, Choshi City, Narita City source
• City of Yaita has published details by district on shelter locations and number of current evacuees sheltering source

12 Oct

• Emergency Wi-Fi Service are being offered free of charge in six prefectures – Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki and Shizuoka. Network Name: 00000JAPAN source
• A tornado hit parts of Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture on Saturday, destroying 12 houses and damaging more than 70 others source