Prominent businessman Mohamed Aboul Enein, President of the Arab Investors Union and Deputy chairman of the Egyptian-Japanese Business Council, expressed his condolences for families of Typhoon Faxai victims.
In his speech during the opening of the Arab Forum this morning in Cairo, Abul-Enein said that he condoles the friendly people and their government in this affliction, and he is certain that Japan's bright history will go beyond this crisis and ordeal.
Noteworthy, a woman was killed as Typhoon Faxai with record-breaking winds and heavy rain has battered Tokyo region earlier Monday, causing widespread blackouts and transport disruption.
More than 130 flights were canceled and scores of train lines were closed for hours. Authorities warned it was dangerous to venture outside.
Typhoon Faxai, a Laotian woman’s name, slammed ashore in the city of Chiba, just east of Tokyo, a little before dawn, bringing with it wind gusts of 207 kmh (128 mph) in Chiba, the strongest ever recorded there, according to national broadcaster NHK.
A woman in her fifties was confirmed dead after she was found lying on a Tokyo street and taken to hospital. “Footage from a nearby security camera showed she had been smashed against a building by strong winds,” NHK reported.
Another woman in her 20s was also rescued from her house in Ichihara, east of Tokyo after it was partly crushed when a metal pole from a golf driving range fell on it. She was seriously injured.
“Some minor landslides occurred and a bridge was washed away, while as many as 930,000 houses lost power at one point,” NHK said.
“I’ve never seen a situation like this, the whole city without power,” an official told NHK.
Around four to five typhoons make landfall in Japan every year, but it is unusual for them to do so near Tokyo. NHK said Faxai was the strongest storm in the Tokyo area in several years.