TOKYO: Four members of the same family were missing in Japan on Wednesday (Aug 28) after heavy rain from an approaching typhoon triggered a landslide, authorities said. Typhoon Shanshan wa
This handout image taken from the Japan Meteorological Agency's satellite Himawari on Aug 27, 2024, shows Typhoon Shanshan moving closer to Japan 's Amami island. Typhoon Shanshan was 80km northeast of the southern Amami archipelago on Wednesday morning with gusts of up to 252kmh.
"The landslide hit a house where five family members were living - a couple in their 70s, two women in their 40s and a man in his 30s," a Gamagori official told AFP. The weather agency may issue a special heavy rain alert for Kagoshima prefecture including Amami later on Wednesday, an agency official said in a morning news conference.SIA flights between Singapore and Osaka cancelled as Typhoon Shanshan approaches Japan
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