Deadly Typhoon Lan one of the largest cyclones on record leaves Japan as another storm strengthening rapidly set to hit Japan next week
Photo xanianews.com A powerful typhoon has slammed into Japan, killing at least four people. Those who died included a man hit by falling scaffolding, a fisherman tending to his boat, and a young woman whose car was washed away by floodwaters. The storm also forced the cancellation of approximately 350 flights and caused widespread disruption to train services. Typhoon Lan rapidly weakened as it crossed the southeast of the country, but it still produced torrential rain. Shionomisaki, on the southernmost tip of Honshu, reported a staggering 321 millimetres of rain. As the rain poured, some 80,000 people in Koriyama were ordered to evacuate their homes. There were concerns that the city, 200 kilometres north of Tokyo, could experience widespread flooding as a river neared the top of its banks, broadcaster NHK said - but fortunately by the afternoon, water levels were starting to fall. Elsewhere in western Japan, homeowners were not so lucky, and several hundred homes were inundated...
