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Typhoon Halong rips through western Japan
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 10, 2014


Vehicles drive down a flooded road in the city of Tsu, Mie prefecture as Typhoon Halong brings rain on August 9, 2014. The strong typhoon lashed large areas of southwest Japan on August 9, grounding some 460 flights and stranding thousands of holidaymakers, officials and local media said. Image courtesy AFP.

Typhoon Halong makes landfall on Japan's western main island
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 09, 2014 - Typhoon Halong slammed into Japan's western main island early Sunday after Japan's weather agency issued its highest alert as the storm lashed the southwest of the country.

The strong typhoon made landfall near Aki, Kochi prefecture, on Shikoku island at around 6 am (2100 GMT on Saturday), an official at the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Late Saturday, the agency issued its highest warning for Mie prefecture, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) west of Tokyo, as the outer bands of the storm were already lashing the region and other areas of southwestern Japan, the agency said.

The warning means that the storm poses a threat to life and could inflict massive damage, the meteorological agency said.

Storms and torrential rain earlier this week have left one dead and 25 injured, public broadcaster Japan's public broadcaster NHK said.

Typhoon Halong slammed into western Japan on Sunday, making landfall on the main Honshu island as the weather agency issued its highest alert.

The strong typhoon hit Japan's largest and most populous island at around 10:00 am (0100 GMT) near the city of Ako on the southwest coast, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Packing winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour, the typhoon barrelled in to the smaller western island of Shikoku earlier Sunday, with huge waves battering the coast.

On Honshu, the weather agency maintained its highest warning -- meaning a threat to life and the risk of massive damage -- for Mie prefecture, some 300 kilometres (190 miles) west of Tokyo, warning that "unprecedented" torrential rain in the area could trigger massive landslides or major floods.

Storms and torrential rain earlier this week left one dead and 25 injured, Japan's public broadcaster NHK said.

Local authorities, mainly in western Japan, issued evacuation advisories to more than 1.6 million people in total, while a wide area on Shikoku island was submerged, NHK said.

At least 143 flights were to be cancelled on Sunday due to the typhoon, which came just as Japan began its annual "Obon" summer holiday, NHK said. On Saturday some 470 flights were grounded.

Typhoon Halong was moving north-northeast at 30 kilometres per hour, the weather agency said.

Halong comes a month after Typhoon Neoguri killed several people left a trail of destruction in southern Japan.

Last weekend a man drowned in a raging river, while more than half a million people were advised to evacuate as heavy rain from Typhoon Nakri lashed the country.

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