Tokyo [Japan], August 16: Typhoon Lan lashed parts of central Japan with heavy rains and severely hampered the travel plans of people returning from summer holidays.
Lan arrived from the Pacific Ocean to make landfall on the Kii Peninsula on Tuesday. It is the seventh tropical storm of the season.
Rivers swelled to dangerous levels, damaging houses and cars. In some cases, torrents of mud entered buildings, images showed.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of the danger of landslides and further flooding.
In Kyoto and other places, tens of thousands of residents were called to evacuate.
Tens of thousands of households were temporarily without electricity, operators said. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
