Millions of people in Japan were ordered to evacuate their homes as powerful Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the southwestern part of the country Thursday, leaving dozens injured and hundreds of thousands of homes without power.
A worker removes debris blown away by strong winds caused by Typhoon Shanshan in Miyazaki.
Shanshan made landfall in the southern Japanese island of Kyushu with sustained wind speeds of nearly 90 mph (144 kilometers per hour) and gusts above 125 mph.
According to Kyodo News, more than 80 people have been injured across three prefectures in southern Japan.
Authorities have linked three deaths—a couple in their 70s and a man in his 30s—from earlier in the week to the heavy rains triggered by the powerful storm before it made landfall.
At least 4 million in the typhoon’s path are under evacuation orders as it moves further inland with wind speeds similar to that of a Category 1 hurricane (75 mph).
Toyota has shut down all its factories across the country due to the storm, while other carmakers including Honda, Nissan and Mazda have halted work at some of their plants.
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160,230. That’s how many households are without power across Kyushu island’s seven prefectures.
Air travel and train services have also been severely disrupted along the path of the storm. Japan Airlines canceled all flights to and from eight airports in southern Japan, including Nagasaki on Thursday. According to FlightAware, more than 500 flights across the country have been canceled and hundreds more delayed on Thursday. The Shinkansen bullet-train service were also suspended all across Kyushu.
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More than 500 flights across country were also canceled due to the typhoon.
Authorities assess damage after Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in Kyushu (Japan Times)
3 dead, over 80 hurt as typhoon makes landfall in southwest Japan (Kyodo News)