Large parts of the island of Hachijojima in Tokyo’s Izu island chain remain without running water following damage from Typhoon Halong, with incoming Typhoon Nakri expected to slow restoration efforts.
Due to the record rainfall from Halong — the 22nd storm of the year — on Thursday, as well as rain that has since fallen, the ground on the island is saturated in many locations, heightening the risk of landslides even with relatively small additional amounts of rain.
Approximately 2,700 households on Hachijojima have been without water for several days after power outages halted supply facilities and landslides damaged key water sources. Tokyo Electric Power Grid reported around 2,220 households without electricity on Hachijojima as of 12 p.m. on Monday, along with about 20 households on Aogashima, another island on the Izu island chain.
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