Tokyo: A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan’s mainland on Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain could trigger landslides and floods.
The typhoon has already led to flight cancellations and power outages in several cities.
Typhoon Trami, rated Category 2, is the latest storm to threaten Japan in a year of grim weather-related woes, including punishing heat, heavy rains and landslides. The category 5 is the highest.
Japan issued evacuation orders and warnings to about 700,000 households in southern and western Japan.
More than 300,000 households have suffered power outages in southern Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures, said public NHK television, adding nearly 50 people had been injured in Okinawa and Kagoshima.
Local officials said no one was feared dead as a result of the storm.
