The Weather Network reports on the situation after typhoon Vongfong hit Japan’s main islands on Monday morning:

A week after being hit by Typhoon Phanfone, the strongest storm to hit Japan this year made landfall on the main islands early Monday morning leaving one dead and more than 30 injured.

Typhoon Vongfong hit Kyushu on Monday at about 9:15 a.m. local time. The region’s bullet train services were suspended since Sunday due to strong winds. About 300 flights also had to be cancelled out of local airports while hundreds of thousands were forced to leave their homes by officials.

Winds hit speeds of up to 143 km/h in Okinawa, despite the storm weakening as it made its way through the country. In Kunigami more than 500 mm of rainfall were reported.

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