Death toll up to 35 as Japan cleans up after Typhoon Hagibis destruction
At least 35 people were confirmed dead after Typhoon Hagibis slammed outlying areas around Tokyo.
The city itself was mostly spared destruction but surrounding regions were hit hard, with people still cut off by raging floods and landslides.
It was one of the most violent storms in living memory, bringing wind speeds of more than 200kph.
Flights have started resuming at Tokyo’s two airports but some remained cancelled on Monday.
Ahead of the storm, more than 1,500 flights had been grounded, impacting about 200,000 passengers.
Japan Airlines said it expected a small number of domestic flights to remain cancelled for the rest of the day but will have most scheduled services up and running as normal.
JAL said most, if not all international flights will resume.
ANA expects to resume close to full operations through the day but has warned passengers to expect further delays and possible cancellations.
ANA had cancelled all its flights out of the Tokyo airports, and at Nagoya Chubu, and Osaka Kansai.
Some intercity train services also resumed on Monday.
However 10 bullet trains parked at a railyard near Nagano Station were badly damaged after become submerged in floodwaters.
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