A typhoon dumped a September-record 27 inches on Oshima.
The storm has killed five people and left 74,000 under evacuation orders in Chiba.
Warmer seas let late-season typhoons carry more moisture north, so rain now kills more than wind does.
“There’s a risk the rain will continue as the typhoon moves north,” said the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Takuya Hosomi.
Six people remain missing in Chiba and Kanagawa as rescue teams search landslide sites.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 350+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- The New York Times leans critical
- The Hindu leans critical
- The Mainichi
- compounds impact: Silver Week timing plus Chiba's August flood precedent magnifies Dujuan's vulnerability
Sources: The New York Times, The Hindu, The Mainichi