Western Japan sees holiday travel chaos as Typhoon Lan makes landfall japanherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japanherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move to safety as a slow-moving typhoon crossed Japan's main island of Honshu not far from the ancient capital of Kyoto, cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes.
At least 49 injured as Typhoon Lan passes through Japan - World News sina.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sina.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tokyo, Aug 16 (EFE).- Tropical cyclone Lan continued its passage Wednesday through western Japan, leaving heavy rains, landslides, damaging infrastructure and numerous isolated population centers. The cyclone is the seventh Pacific typhoon of the season and made landfall at 5am on Tuesday (20.00 GMT Monday) in western Wakayama Prefecture, and now continues its journey to …