台風被害、なお４０００人避難＝断水長期化、生活再建に影－死者７９人、不明１２人

　台風１９号による記録的な大雨で、東日本を中心に河川堤防が決壊し、広範囲に浸水被害が出てから１週間。１８日時点で１０都県でなお約４０００人が避難所暮らしを余儀なくされ、行方不明者１２人の捜索も続く。今も９万５０００戸超が断水し、災害ごみの処理も大きな負担となっている。冬を前に冷え込みが懸念される中、被災者の生活再建への道のりは険しい。
　１８日現在の犠牲者は１２都県で７９人。福島県（２９人）、宮城県（１６人）、神奈川県（１４人）などの被害が大きい。総務省消防庁によると、全国の住宅被害約４万５０００棟のうち、ほぼ半数で床上浸水が確認された。被災者は自宅の片付けや水を吸った畳など大量の災害ごみの処理に追われている。
　ピーク時は約５２万戸に広がった停電はほぼ解消したが、厚生労働省によると、復旧が遅れている断水は福島、茨城両県など１２都県で続いている。（2019/10/18-23:53）

Some 4,000 people were still forced to live in evacuation centers in 10 of Japan's 47 prefectures including Tokyo as of Friday, about one week after super Typhoon Hagibis ravaged central and eastern parts of the archipelago.
   With huge amounts of disaster waste remaining undisposed of in areas hit by flooding and landslides, efforts to restore normal life are making tardy progress while temperatures are going down.
   According to police and other authorities, 78 people were killed in 12 prefectures. The death toll is particularly high in Fukushima, at 28, Miyagi, at 16, and Kanagawa, at 14.
   According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, flooding above floor level has been confirmed in about half of roughly 45,000 damaged houses nationwide.
   Power outages, which affected approximately 520,000 houses at the peak, have almost ended. But, according to the welfare ministry, more than 95,000 houses still had no tap water in 12 prefectures including Fukushima and Ibaraki as of Friday.