Weather
Typhoon Jebi smashes Japan! The worst storm in 25 years
A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of people as more than a million people were told to evacuate amid the worst storm to hit the country in 25 years.
Typhoon Jebi, reportedly the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan since 1993, headed north across the main island of Honshu toward the Sea of Japan.
Giant waves and winds of up to 135mph lashed the country, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded.
The storm hammered the west coast as it made landfall in the latest severe weather to hit the country this summer following rains, landslides, floods and record-breaking heat that killed hundreds of people.
It was off the northern coast of Fukui on Tuesday evening with sustained winds of 78mph and gusts up to 110 mph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Wed 5 Sep 2018 at 07:23
