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Japan hit by strongest typhoon in 25 years

Japan hit by strongest typhoon in 25 years
Huge waves were whipped up during the strongest typhoon that has hit Japan in 25 years[Photo:BBC News]

Japan has been hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years, causing at least six deaths and 160 injuries.

Typhoon Jebi made landfall in western areas of Japan, bringing heavy rain and reports of winds up to 172 kilometres per hour.

In Osaka Bay it swept a tanker into a bridge and in Kyoto parts of a railway station roof came down.


A tanker ship smashed into a bridge in Izumisano[Photo:BBC News]

Officials ordered more than a million people in affected areas to evacuate their homes amid warnings of high waves, flooding and mudslides.


The winds were strong enough to turn over trucks[Photo:BBC News]

It has already left tens of thousands without power and authorities have urged people to move to safety.

Hundreds of flights, trains and ferries have had to be cancelled.

Even the runway at Kansai International Airport in Osaka was flooded.

[Source:BBC News]

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