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Death toll on Oshima rises to 29

Out of harm's way: Residents of Izu-Oshima Island, who evacuated in the face of the second typhoon expected to hit the island in a little more than a week, arrive at the Takeshiba Passenger Ship Terminal in Tokyo on Tuesday. | KYODO

Kyodo

Oct 22, 2013

The death toll on the typhoon-hit island of Izu-Oshima rose to 29 Tuesday when another body was found while local authorities geared up preparations for another typhoon.

With 25 of the 29 bodies identified so far and 16 people still unaccounted for, some 1,200 police officers, firefighters and Self-Defense Forces personnel continued to search for the missing. An additional team of around 500 SDF members was expected to arrive later in the day, officials said.

As the year's 27th typhoon, named Francisco, approached Japan from the south, a rising number of Izu-Oshima residents voluntarily left the island, which is administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Death toll on Oshima rises to 29

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