Powerful Typhoon Shanshan hits Japan | VOA News
Eyewitness video recorded on Thursday, August 29, shows the aftermath of Typhoon Shanshan in Miyazaki, Japan.
Typhoon Shanshan — one of the strongest typhoons to come ashore in Japan in decades — dumped torrential rain across southern regions Thursday, with at least three people reported dead, one person missing and warnings of life-threatening flooding and landslides.
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported the storm’s maximum sustained winds hit 252 kilometers per hour when it made landfall early Thursday near the city of Satsumasendai in Kagoshima Prefecture on the southwestern island of Kyushu. The winds quickly dropped to about 182 kms/ph as the storm moved inland.
More than 200,000 households in seven prefectures were without power in the afternoon, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co. Train service, nearly 800 airline flights were canceled, and factories across the country were shut down.
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