Typhoon Goni makes landfall in Japan, injuring 20, after 140 flights cancelled in Hong Kong and Shanghai

Typhoon Goni made landfall in Japan’s southwest today and headed north, injuring more than 20 people as the storm overturned vehicles.

The typhoon, which reached the Sea of Japan later in the morning and hit  Kumamoto prefecture, is expected to bring heavy rain to western Japan through Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, warning of flooding and landslides.

Power outages temporarily affected more than 470,000 households in Kyushu, according to Kyushu Electric Power Company. Many local authorities issued evacuation orders to residents.

All bullet train services on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line and local train service in the region were cancelled, while operations were suspended between Hiroshima and Hakata stations on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line. Many flights to and from airports in Kyushu were also cancelled.

Record hourly rainfall of 134.5 millimetres was recorded on Mount Unzen in Nagasaki prefecture today. Rainfall per hour reached about 120 mm in the cities of Fukuoka and Saga, 110 mm in the cities of Itoshima and Kitakyushu in Fukuoka prefecture, and 100 mm in Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to the weather agency.