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A “very strong” typhoon buffeted Japan’s Pacific coast with fierce winds and heavy rain on Friday, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and trains in the Tokyo area and leaving over 2,000 homes without power.
Located about 170 kilometers (105 miles) south of Tokyo, Typhoon Ampil was packing gusts of up to 216 kilometers per hour as it headed northeast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The eye of the typhoon was not expected to make landfall, instead barrelling northeastward up the Honshu coast and skirting the Tokyo region, home to around 40 million people, before heading back into the Pacific from Saturday.
