Typhoon Japan

• Typhoon Hagibis death toll rises to 33 as Japan begins major rescue mission

  Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 19 with more than a dozen missing. One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter.

  World

  Oct 13, 2019
  
• Tokyo braces for worst typhoon in 6 decades

  Typhoon Hagibis is expected to bring up to 80 centimetres of rain in the Tokyo area, including Chiba, which suffered power outages in a typhoon that hit last month.

  World

  Oct 11, 2019
  
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• Tokyo struck by strong winds as Typhoon Faxai makes landfall

  Around four to five typhoons make landfall in Japan every year, but it is unusual for them to do so near Tokyo.

  World

  Sep 8, 2019
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• Typhoon Jebi: Japan hit by strongest storm in 25 years, leaves trail of destruction

  A powerful typhoon blew through western Japan on Tuesday, causing heavy rain to flood the region's main offshore international airport and high winds to blow a tanker into a connecting bridge, disrupting land and air travel.

  Weather

  Sep 4, 2018
• Japan advises nearly 300,000 to evacuate amid typhoon Jebi’s approach

  Evacuation advisories were issued for some 280,000 people as the wind and rain began picking up.

  World

  Sep 4, 2018
• At least 11 dead as Typhoon Lionrock hits northern Japan

  At least 11 people were found dead in Japan on Wednesday, most of them elderly residents at a nursing home, as heavy overnight rain from Typhoon Lionrock left towns flooded across the country's north.

  Weather

  Aug 30, 2016