MILDURA Mayor Simon Clemence and an entourage were forced to "hunker down" in Japanese sister city Kumatori during this week's typhoon, which has claimed the lives of at least 66 people.

Councillors Clemence and Mark Eckel and their wives prepared for the worst with predictions of significant damage in Kumatori due to the width and power of Typhoon Hagibis, forcing the Mildura delegation to remai...