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Oct 13, 2019

Post-Typhoon Hagibis. Hope everyone is well

Don't know what the mood is with everyone but just thought I'd drop a quick line on this Q&A to say that things seem to be fine where I am in Urayasu, Chiba after the typhoon. How are things where you are? Hope everyone is well.

KamaT

KamaT

Long-term foreign resident of Japan, moving deeper into Chiba for a slower life and lifestyle.

13 Answers



  • genkidesu

    on Oct 13

    It shaped up a lot more intense here than we expected. The river not far from our house got massively swollen...didn't burst its banks, thankfully, but the evacuation message went out for Uonuma City down the road. The river looks a right mess today. Brown and murky instead of the usual pristine clear snow-melt we're used to. I am glad though that everyone seemed to heed the warnings and take it seriously.

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  • KamaT

    on Oct 13

    @genkidesu - Yea, got one or two evacuation alerts for Edogawa-ku just down the road but I think it turns out things were OK there in the end. I think it was perhaps a little less intense down here than we were expecting, although intense enough thank you very much! Glad to hear all is well.

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  • genkidesu

    on Oct 13

    @Tomuu less intense is always the right answer when it comes to typhoons. Have some friends still living in the Hachioji area of Tokyo from when we lived around there, and it looked nuts there too. Lots of sandbagging and streets that looked more like mini-rivers.

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  • edthethe

    on Oct 14

    All the surrounings areas rivers burst and we had a level five warning most of the night. More than 24 emergency alerts until the last one at 2:50am saying the waters were receding.

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  • Aeon

    on Oct 14

    We're doing fine. Keep safe everyone!

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  • JTsu

    on Oct 14

    We're alright up herein Miyagi. No major damage near my home though some friends had flooded streets or roads closed for mudslides or downed trees elsewhere in the prefecture.

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  • ReishiiTravels

    on Oct 15

    It was not bad at all in Gifu! As far as I know, everyone is safe. It was not even that windy here! Glad to say I am safe. Although, the eerie alarm on my phone startled me fore sure! I am happy to hear you are safe!

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  • Eli

    on Oct 15

    I am in Western Tokyo but not close to the Tama river. Here everything is fine. We have water, power and there were no major damages. Just that some items are still sold out in most supermarkets.

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  • BlueButterfly

    on Oct 15

    I´m living next to the sumida river. The river terrace was flooded with water, but no danger for the nearby buildings. Actually I was sleeping the whole time during the taifun and didn´t even hear something :D

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  • JapanRamen

    on Oct 15

    The typhoon passed surprisingly peacefully on my end! Sad to see the damage and the lives lost though :( :( :(

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  • thegoodgaijin

    on Oct 17

    Most of Yokohama and the coastal part of Kanagawa seemed to have been fine, including my place. I heard that the Tamagawa river flooded and damaged a few parts of Mizonokuchi though.

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  • TonetoEdo

    on Oct 17

    The northern part of Chiba Prefecture was pretty tense as late as Sunday afternoon. The Edo River was very high, and the Tone River threatened to flood. We got the all clear on Sunday. We're lucky there was little damage in the region stretching from Kashiwa to Noda Cities.

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  • Kohaku

    on Nov 1

    I live near Nagano City, which got hit really hard by the flooding. Fortunately my town is mostly fine, but a lot of downed trees. Traffic has also been worse in the area because there are roads and bridges that are closed because of damages. There's also some damage to a few of the train lines, and that's a real pain in the neck. But all minor in comparison to the flood damages in Nagano City. I have some friends there and they say everywhere smells like foul water. And some people aren't going to qualify for government assistance because their houses/floors were damaged but not destroyed. Seems really...nitpicky and unfair.

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