FAST-MOVING STORM
Typhoon Jebi brings destruction and death to Japan
Tokyo — A typhoon tore across the west of Japan on Tuesday, killing three and injuring scores with violent winds and heavy rainfall. The strong gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge to Kansai International Airport. The damage to the bridge left the airport cut off from the mainland, with 3,000 people stranded inside the facility, public broadcaster NHK reported. High waves whipped up by the storm flooded parts of the airport, where all flights were cancelled, and the severe weather caused power outages and travel chaos across much of the country. Typhoon Jebi made landfall around noon, slamming into the west of the country with winds of more than 200km/h.
The fast-moving storm quickly crossed the mainland, and by nightfall was heading out to sea from Ishikawa in central Japan. Local media reported at least three deaths in the storm, including a 71-year-old man killed in western Shiga prefecture ...
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