A powerful storm has hit Japan, churning across western areas already affected by floods and landslides earlier this month, injuring over 20 people.
A powerful storm has hit Japan, churning across western areas already affected by floods and landslides earlier this month, injuring over 20 people.
Typhoon Jongdari, with winds of up to 180kms per hour, made landfall at Ise in Mie prefecture.
More than 170 domestic flights were cancelled for Sunday and train services were disrupted.
A total of 21 people have been injured in the past few days as the storm brought violent winds and torrential rains.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned that the storm could continue to bring heavy rain even after the epicentre had passed by.
The typhoon weakened after making landfall and was downgraded to a tropical storm but many provinces stayed on alert.
«We have been on emergency alert the whole time since the rain disaster» in early July, said Koji Kunitomi, a crisis management official in the western prefecture of Okayama.
