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Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday, causing transport disruptions and forcing manufacturers to suspend operations.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed his departure to New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week to assess the damage from Japan’s 14th typhoon of the season.
“I postponed my scheduled departure from today to take stock of the damage caused by the typhoon and to take all possible measures for recovery,” Kishida told reporters on Monday evening, adding that he would leave on Tuesday morning if conditions permit.
Nanmadol made landfall near Kagoshima city late on Sunday, September 18, before battering the western island of Kyushu and roaring onto the main island of Honshu on Monday morning.
A river in Kyushu’s Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, flooding fields and roads, footage from public broadcaster NHK showed.
