Powerful Typhoon Nanmadol slams into western Japan; at least 2 dead
A large and powerful typhoon moved across Kyushu on Sept. 19 with record-breaking wind and rainfall, leaving at least two people dead, one missing and over 70 injured.
Typhoon Nanmadol, which also disrupted public transportation by grounding more than 800 flights and leaving bullet train services canceled or reduced in many parts of the country, was expected to travel northeast along the Sea of Japan coast of the main island of Honshu through Sept. 20.
The government at one point ordered nearly 6 million people in western prefectures to evacuate to safety.
In Miyazaki, two people died due to the typhoon, including a 41-year-old man who was found dead after his mountainside cabin was destroyed by a mudslide, according to police and other sources. “There have been mudslides several times around here. The soil is like clay so it collapses easily,” said a 78-year-old man who lives nearby in the town of Mimata. (Kyodo)
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