The typhoon, which followed closely on the heels of Typhoon Khanun during Japan's peak Obon holiday season, lashed wide swathes of central and western Japan with heavy rain and powerful winds.
TOKYO, Japan – Nearly 800 flights were canceled and tens of thousands of homes lost power as a slow-moving typhoon made landfall in western Japan early on Tuesday, August 15, prompting authorities to issue flood and landslide warnings.
Television footage showed rivers gushing and on the verge of bursting their banks. Homes and stores suffered water damage to their floors, and in Nara city, strong winds had felled scaffolding at a construction site. The dangerous levels of rains and winds forced road closures and dozens of train lines to suspend services in the area.
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