TOKYO • A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago yesterday, leaving two people dead and three others missing, officials and news reports said..
TOKYO • A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago yesterday, leaving two people dead and three others missing, officials and news reports said.
Typhoon Talim made landfall on Sunday in Kyushu, the southern- most of Japan’s four main islands, packing winds of up to 162kmh, said Japan Meteorological Agency.
The storm, moving north-east along the country, reached the nation’s northern island of Hokkaido by yesterday morning, dumping torrential rain and paralysing domestic transportation on its way, reported Agence France-Presse.
A 86-year-old woman was found dead late on Sunday after her house was hit by a landslide in Kagawa, western Japan, while a 60-year-old driver was found dead in his car which sank under a swollen river in Kochi, also in western Japan, local police said.
Public broadcaster NHK said three people were missing in western Japan, and 38 people had been injured in storm-related accidents.
At least 116 domestic flights were cancelled yesterday because of strong winds.
