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Ten killed, 16 missing after fierce typhoon pounds Tokyo

Antoni Slodkowski
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  • Typhoon Hagibis moves north after hitting Tokyo
  • Worst storm in decades kills 10
  • Hundreds of thousands without power

Tokyo | Ten people were killed and 16 were missing after the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in decades paralysed Tokyo, causing rivers to overflow and leaving almost half a million homes without power, public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday.

Authorities lifted rain and flood warnings for the Kanto region around a becalmed Tokyo as the typhoon ploughed up Japan's north-east coast and authorities raced to assess the damage. Warnings for areas north of the capital began to be lifted by Sunday morning.

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