Footage on national broadcaster NHK showed houses with roofs partially blown off and cars driving deep into flooded roads in the southwest of the country. The typhoon had earlier made landfall in Kyushu on Thursday, bringing record rainfall.
Typhoon Shanshan causes heavy rain and flooding in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, Japan on August 29, 2024. Photo: Kyodo
Japan's Disaster and Forestry Management Agency said one person was missing and more than 100 were injured. More than 35,000 homes were without power in Kagoshima prefecture, south of Kyushu, according to Kyushu Electric.
Shanshan, centered in the Pacific Ocean about 480 kilometers (300 miles) from Tokyo, has dumped heavy rain as far north as Hokkaido. Although it was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, the storm still has gusts of up to 90 kilometers per hour.
Authorities have issued flood and landslide warnings across the country since the storm made landfall, halting air and rail services and closing factories. NHK said the storm was expected to weaken to a tropical depression by the weekend but was expected to continue bringing heavy rain.
Hoang Anh (according to Kyodo, NHK, Reuters)
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