In Photos: Worst in 6 Decades, Typhoon Hagibis Hits Japan

Residents on a rubber boat are rescued as they were stranded by Typhoon Hagibis, in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, 13 Oct, 2019.

(Photo: Kyodo News via AP)

Typhoon Hagibis, billed as Japan's worst in six decades, made landfall on Saturday, 12 October, and passed over the capital city of Tokyo. As of Sunday, seven people have died and 15 are missing, according to the Japanese government.

Rescue efforts are underway, with boats and helicopters are being deployed to the flooded areas, while rescue crews are working to get people out from homes buried by landslides.

Here’s a look at how Japan is riding out the storm:

Cars are stranded on a road as the city is submerged in muddy waters after an embankment of the Chikuma River broke, in Nagano, central Japan, Sunday, 13 Oct 2019.

Students and residents scoop dirt as the town is flooded Typhoon Hagibis, in Marumori, Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, 13 Oct, 2019.

People watch the Isuzu River swollen by Typhoon Hagibis, in Ise, central Japan Saturday, 12 Oct 2019.

Bullet trains are seen submerged in muddy waters in Nagano, central Japan, after Typhoon Hagibis hit the city, Sunday, 13 Oct 2019.

A resident is rescued by a Japan Self-Defense Force helicopter as the house is submerged in muddy waters after an embankment of the Chikuma River broke because of Typhoon Hagibis, in Nagano, central Japan, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019.

This 12 Oct, 2019 photo by @ar_kaz shows the flooded streets in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Japan.

Employees clean the flooded parking area as their company’s building was flooded by Typhoon Hagibis, in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Sunday, 13 Oct 2019.

A man battles with his umbrella as he crosses the road in Otemachi district of Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, 12 Oct 2019.

Rescuers work at a landslide site hit by Typhoon Hagibis, in Tomioka, north of Tokyo, Sunday, 13 Oct, 2019.

Surging waves hit against the breakwater while Typhoon Hagibis approaches at a port in town of Kiho, Mie Prefecture, Japan Friday, 11 Oct.

A woman takes windows in preparation for Typhoon Hagibis, in Kyonan town, Chiba prefecture, near Tokyo Friday, 11 Oct, 2019.

This 10 Oct, 2019, satellite photo taken by NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows typhoon Hagibis approaching Japan, center left.