Typhoon Jebi: Thousands stranded at airport in Japan, 9 killed

Almost 3,000 people stranded at one of the biggest Airport of Japan,  following the strongest typhoon Jebi have created havoc and claimed, nine lives as of now and injuring several.

Thousands of people were compelled to spend the entire night at Kansai International Airport, which stands on a man-made island in Osaka Bay, as the typhoon hit across large parts of western Japan. According to the  Fire and Disaster Management Agency, “Typhoon Jebi prompted Japan Government evacuation orders for about 49,000 people across southern Japan, with an additional 2 million people advised to flee.”

The nine people who have been killed in Typhoon Jebi, among them, one was the owner of a warehouse that collapsed on him. All the traveller who was sitting at the airport has been issued emergency water, bread and blankets, and that ferries were expected to start bringing people to safety Wednesday morning.

Hundreds of flights cancelled and with seawater flooding the runway outside, all the passengers could do was to sit and wait until they could leave safely. And that moment came on Wednesday when high-speed boats start transferring passengers to nearby Kobe airport.

橋の上のトラック横転した pic.twitter.com/v0km3igKYk

— てて子 (@08030229j) September 4, 2018

The typhoon hit during a summer of meteorological misery for Japan, with floods and landslides killing over 200 people in western Japan in July, the same month that heat waves claimed about 130 lives.

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relentless torrential rain and heavy winds of more than 200km/h (125mph), Typhoon Jebi leaving a trail of destruction as it passed over the western cities of Kobe, Osaka and Kyoto before heading into the Sea of Japan late on Tuesday.

Yamato deliver dude should NOT be working in these conditions #typhoon #Jebi #Japan #weather #storm pic.twitter.com/ZkkS7rTBxD

— James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV) September 4, 2018