Once again, nature has reminded a modern metropolis of its ancient vulnerability — Typhoon Dujuan swept across eastern Japan this week, killing four people through landslides, displacing nearly two million, and briefly silencing a nation's celebrations. The storm, the twenty-fifth to strike Japan this year, arrived on warming seas shaped by both El Niño and a changing climate, carrying winds that exceeded 190 kilometers per hour and rainfall heavy enough to move the earth itself. In the aftermath, as evacuation orders lifted and rescue teams continued searching for six still missing, the event
Typhoon Dujuan kills four in Japan as storm batters Tokyo region
Four people died from landslides, six others reported missing, and 1.9 million people were evacuated to shelters as the typhoon threatened lives across eastern Japan.