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Typhoon Hagibis Unites Japan 

Just as recent as Saturday night, Japan was devasted by the worst storm they’ve seen in decades.  The typhoon swept through eight prefectures killing at least 40 people.  Along with the extremely high death toll, 16 people are missing.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50037907.

The people of Japan united with each other as one large community looking past their differences in order to save as many lives as possible.  Over 110,000 people took part in the search and rescue operations.  Civilian volunteers, police officers, firefighters, cost guards, and military forces combined in order to find missing people in floods and landslides.

The typhoon also caused the cancellation of three World Cup rugby games in Japan.  Although these games were canceled, a pivotal game between Japan and Scotland continued.  Japan won 28 to 21 making the quarter finals for the first time.

Could a horrific event such such as a natural disaster bring a community or even a country closer together?  In devastating times, do people look past their differences in order to support each other?






Comments

  1. This is an important topic, Henry, but focus on making this more relevant for an American audience. Can you tie things back to your audience for this class? And make sure you link your articles without having the long URL -- it can make for a distracting reading experience.

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