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Topic: typhoon

At least 6 dead, 100 injured as Typhoon Shanshan wreaks havoc in Japan

Centered in Pacific Ocean Typhoon Shanshan has drenched large areas with torrential rain triggering floods & landslide warnings across Japan. Subsequently, authorities have halted air, rail services.

Typhoon Shanshan triggers floods, landslides in Japan, at least 3 dead & 78 injured

The typhoon made landfall Thursday in the southwestern region of Kyushu. Travel services have been halted, while evacuations are underway.

Typhoon Gaemi sweeps through northern Taiwan triggering floods, power cuts

Two people have been killed and half a million households affected. Gaemi is expected to enter China through the sea where it may cause torrential rain.

Taiwan hunkers down as Typhoon Gaemi strengthens; one dead, flights cancelled, work halted

According to weather authorities, Gaemi, expected to be the strongest storm to hit Taiwan in eight years, is set to make landfall on the northeast coast late Wednesday evening.

Typhoon Koinu brushes past southern Taiwan with lashing rain; kills one, 304 injured

Koinu made landfall on Taiwan’s Hengchun peninsula but it weakened as it crossed into Taiwan Strait and headed towards China’s Guangdong province.

Rain in southern China cases more than 100 landslides, residents trapped in floodwaters

Typhoon Haikui has trapped about 1,360 residents in floodwaters and killed at least seven people in China's south, according to state media.

Incessant rains continue for the seventh day in China as Typhoon Haikui weakens

Typhoon Haikui has weakened to a tropical storm since making landfall in Fujian province on 5 September, but its residual circulation has continued to wreak havoc in southern China

China issues highest warning as typhoon Saola moves toward Hong Kong, Guangdong

Saola will make landfall along the coast somewhere from Huilai County in Guangdong to Hong Kong on 1 September, said China’s National Meteorological Center.

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, authorities issue flood and landslide warnings

The storm comes days after Typhoon Khanun hit Japan during its peak Obon holiday season, when many factories close and city-dwellers return to their home towns and villages.

In Japan’s Okinawa & Kagoshima, Typhoon Khanun kills 2; 166,000 homes out of power

Typhoon Khanun also forced schools and businesses to shut in northern Taiwan on Thursday, with nearly 40 international flights being cancelled.

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