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Agence France-Presse

A powerful typhoon lashed western Japan on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring about 21 people from eight prefectures.
Typhoon Krosa made landfall near Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, around 3pm and was expected to travel toward the Sea of Japan through the western Japan region in the evening.
More than 7,000 residents evacuated their homes following the weather agency’s warning of record rainfall exceeding 1,200 millimetres, while evacuations were ordered in 15 prefectures in western and southwestern Japan amid warnings of landslides and floods.

Dramatic television footage showed violent winds uprooting trees, snapping lamp posts and spinning pods on a Ferris wheel.
High waves smashed into a breakwater, engulfing a 10-metre lighthouse, while swollen rivers broke their banks and swamped nearby roads.
Public broadcaster NHK and local authorities said at least 21 people sustained injuries.
Among the injured, a woman in her 60s in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, fell and hit her hip after being bowled over by strong winds on Wednesday. A man in his 60s also hit his head and stomach after falling from his bicycle.

In Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, an 82-year-old man fell into the sea while mooring a ship and was later confirmed dead. The prefectural government said his death might have been caused by the typhoon.
“We still have intermittent downpours,” said Takayoshi Sugimoto, a disaster management official in the southwestern province of Tokushima. “We will remain vigilant as more rain is expected in the afternoon.”
The national disaster management agency said a party of 18 people including children got stranded during a barbecue in a valley when the river rose rapidly on Wednesday. They were rescued on Thursday morning.

Krosa also sparked travel chaos as people battled to return to major cities following the Obon holiday.
At least 761 domestic flights were cancelled to and from cities in western Japan and bullet train services were either scrapped or sharply reduced.
West Japan Railway suspended all Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train services operating on Thursday between Shin-Osaka and Kokura.
Local railway services in Okayama, Hiroshima and Yamaguchi prefectures were also cancelled, the railway operator said. Shikoku Railway entirely suspended services on the western main island.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled more than 400 domestic and international flights on Thursday.
Ferries connecting the southern Shikoku island and other parts of Japan were also cancelled as high waves lashed the coast.
As the typhoon hit Japan in the middle of the Bon holiday season when people return to their hometowns, long queues were seen at Shin-Osaka Station with customers trying to purchase Tokyo-bound shinkansen tickets.
JR Tokyo Station was also busier than usual as the typhoon coincided with a rush of travellers returning from holidays.

“I was worried whether shinkansen services will stop, so I returned home six hours earlier than scheduled. I’m glad I made it home,” said Hiroshi Murakami, 32, a company worker in Tokyo who travelled to Nagoya in central Japan with his wife.
“I check information on the typhoon every 30 minutes with my mobile phone so that I can evacuate anytime,” said Shozo Furukawa, a 70-year-old resident of Kure, which was affected by landslides triggered by torrential rain in July last year.
Krosa weakened significantly from earlier in the week as it stalled in the Pacific Ocean but it boasts an unusually large eye, meaning it is likely to dump rain over a wide area.
It was moving north at 30kph and the rain is expected to last for an extended period.
The storm is forecast to cross Japan’s mainland and hit the Sea of Japan by Thursday night, reducing its strength.


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The wild weather left at least one person dead and injured about 21 others, and caused over 1,000 flight cancellations
Dramatic television footage showed violent winds uprooting trees, snapping lamp posts and spinning pods on a Ferris wheel



The wild weather left at least one person dead and injured about 21 others, and caused over 1,000 flight cancellations.


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