Japan’s Typhoon Hagibis – how many people have been killed so far?

JAPAN'S TYPHOON Hagibis made landfall south of Tokyo on Saturday, bringing the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years.

How many people has the storm killed so far and what's the latest? Here's what we know.

How many people have been killed so far?

So far, the powerful typhoon has seen millions of people be warned to evacuate and at least 69 people have died, according to .
Authorities have dispatched tens of thousands of troops and rescue workers  to save stranded residents and fight floods caused by one of the worst typhoons to hit the country in recent history.

There were also ten people unaccounted for, according to Kyodo News, as Typhoon Hagibis left vast swaths of low-lying land in central and eastern Japan inundated and cut power to almost half a million homes.

Landing restrictions at Tokyo's Narita and Haneda airports were lifted but more than 800 flights were cancelled for the day, NHK said, as were some Shinkansen bullet train services to the worst-hit areas.

Authorities lifted rain warnings for the Kanto region around Tokyo, where stores reopened and many train lines resumed operations, but they warned there was still the risk of rivers in eastern Japan overflowing and inflicting fresh damage.

What is the latest update on Typhoon Hagibis?

Due to the devastation a complete picture of the damage is not yet available.

A total of 146 mudslides were reported in 19 of the country’s 47 prefectures.

Around 110,000 people, including police, coast guard, firefighters and Self-Defence Forces personnel involved in search and rescue operations.

Some 30,000 homes are without power and around 128,000 homes are without water.

The Fukushima Prefecture saw the highest number of fatalities with at least 25 killed, including a mother and child who were caught in floods.

Another child of the woman is still missing.

Due to the storm the Abukuma River in the prefecture burst its banks in at least 14 places with survivors saying the water rose rapidly to chest height in about an hour.