FUKUOKA: Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan on Thursday (Aug 29), injuring dozens as howling winds smashed windows and blew tiles off houses while torrential rains sparked floods and landslide warnings.
A police car drives amid destruction from Typhoon Shanshan in Miyazaki city, Japan on Aug 29, 2024 in this picture obtained from social media. FUKUOKA: Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan on Thursday , injuring dozens as howling winds smashed windows and blew tiles off houses while torrential rains sparked floods and landslide warnings., packing gusts up to 252kmh, made landfall on the main southern island of Kyushu, home to 12.5 million people, around 8am .
Most of the injuries were caused by strong winds smashing windows, with none life-threatening. Broadcaster NHK reported that nine people were hurt in nearby Kagoshima. The system was moving slowly, which often means more rain, with the weather office forecasting it to gradually rumble towards Japan's main island Honshu and the cities of Osaka and Nagoya, although this could change.
For southern Kyushu, the JMA predicted an enormous 1,100mm of precipitation in the 48 hours to Friday morning.Three members of a family died after a landslide buried a house in Gamagori, a city in central Aichi prefecture, late Tuesday, local media reported. ANA scrapped 212 domestic flights slated for Thursday, affecting 18,700 passengers, and 42 Friday flights, affecting 4,200 more.
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