 Throughout Japan , Etau caused over 1 @,@ 000 flights to be canceled , and for bullet trains to operate at a slower speed , causing delays . About 62 @,@ 000 people lost power during the storm , and across the country . The typhoon destroyed 708 houses and flooded 2 @,@ 253 others , causing over 6 @,@ 000 people to evacuate to storm shelters . About 295 ha ( 730 acres ) of fields were damaged . Throughout Japan , Etau killed 20 people and injured 93 others , 19 of them seriously . Overall damage totaled ¥ 35 @.@ 1 billion ( JPY , $ 294 @.@ 8 million USD ) . Largely because Etau remained tropical and weakened over Japan , damage was much less than Typhoon Tokage a year later , which produced comparable rainfall totals at a similar intensity but struck the country while extratropical . 
