 Along the Kanto Plain near Tokyo , Thad wrecked 22 houses , damaged 31 bridges , damaged roads in 145 places , and flooded 27 rivers . According to police reports , five individuals drowned and six others were initially reported missing in <unk> , because of flooding from the nearby Ayu River that crushed houses along the bank . In Akita , a fishing boat with nine people aboard was capsized by strong winds ; all nine were rendered as missing by police . Elsewhere , one person was killed by a falling tree and a fisherman drowned when his boat overturned . In the Ibaraki Province , just north of Tokyo , officials ordered the evacuation of 5 @,@ 000 dwellings in the city of <unk> , 2 @,@ 500 of which were flooded . After the nearby <unk> River threatened to overflow their banks , over 1 @,@ 000 families were evacuated . Another 4 @,@ 000 families were evacuated in Fujishiro , though by August 25 , the majority of the evacuated had returned to their homes . In the island of Hokkaido , air service was suspended ; damage was severe in the area . However , the capital city of Tokyo avoided the worst of the storm . In all , Thad was considered the worst storm to strike the nation in two years . 
