World’s strongest storm this year makes landfall in Japan

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A weakening Typhoon superstorm Noru made landfall in central Japan on Monday, pounding some regions with more than a month’s worth of rain, but while it appeared likely to brush close to Tokyo it was losing much of its strength.Noru was the strongest storm this year measured.

At one point the world’s strongest storm this year, Noru’s approach to the Japanese heartland prompted evacuation advisories for tens of thousands on Shikoku, Japan’s smallest main island, and more than 400 flights were canceled according to reports from NHK, the Japanese Radio a Japanese TV and Radio broadcaster.

Many airlines including United Airlines is allowing for free rescheduling or cancellations.

Two people are dead and another 17 injured. At 2 PM on Monday, Noru was near Wakayama city. The storm is heading northeast at 20 kilometers an hour.

Nearly 15 thousand people in parts of western Japan have been issued evacuation advisories. Authorities are urging residents to brace for mudslides, floods and high waves along the coast.

The Kyusyu Electric Power Company says about 600 households are swithout electricity.

 

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Juergen Thomas Steinmetz has continuously worked in the travel and tourism industry since he was a teenager in Germany (1977).
He founded eTurboNews in 1999 as the first online newsletter for the global travel tourism industry.

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