Japan fights storm Meari
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Tropical storm Meari battered Japan yesterday, killing five people and injuring 52 as it whipped up waves and winds that damaged homes, downed electricity lines and forced thousands to evacuate to shelters.
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Powerful Typhoon Chaba was racing toward  the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Tuesday after  leaving a trail of at least six dead and four missing following  torrential rains that forced thousands into shelters.
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A powerful typhoon has also hit Japan&#39;s southern islands, injuring 21 people, and the Meteorological Agency warned the storm could bring heavy rains and mudslides to areas hit by the temblors.
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TOKYO: A weakening Typhoon Meari swept through northern Japan yesterday after killing at least nine people and leaving 15 missing in two days of floods and landslides caused by heavy rain.
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Wilder estimates have the Japanese Grand Prix in peril. Typhoon Ma-On, the 22nd tempest of the Japanese summer, is forecast to clobber Suzuka with 110mph winds today.
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TOKYO  - A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Two elderly men died after being knocked down by strong winds, while 18 people were injured and one was missing.
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At least two people die and several others are reported missing as tropical storm Meari hits south-western Japan.
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A powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan on Monday, toppling trees and telephone poles with strong winds and torrential rains. Two elderly men died after being knocked down by strong winds, while 18 people were injured and one was missing.
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At least 12 people die and several others are reported missing as tropical storm Meari hits southwest Japan.
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TYPHOON Meari lashed Japan&#39;s southern islands today with heavy rains and winds that injured one man and reportedly killed another, and prompted authorities in Taiwan to issue a warning of rough seas.
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At least 55 people were killed and over 300 injured in the worst-ever storm that lashed Japan in more than a decade triggering flash floods and mudslides before it moved to the east into the Pacific Ocean this morning.
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Typhoon Tokage has hit western Japan, killing at least 15 people and snarling transport as it lashed the country with heavy rains that set off landslides and forced thousands to evacuate.
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The Japanese mainland is under threat from another typhoon - the second in less than two weeks. Typhoon Tokage has been lashing the southern Okinawa islands with heavy rain and winds gusting above 140 kilometres an hour.
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The Japanese round of the World Rally Championship on the island of Hokkaido just missed a typhoon, and the weather has also affected the Japanese Grand Prix weekend.
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Typhoon Meari has landed on Japan&#39;s southern-most main island of Kyushu, forcing over 1,000 residents to evacuate as it unleashes heavy rains and strong winds over the southern and western parts of the country.
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Japan resumed rescue efforts at first light on Monday as aftershocks rattled the area where the country&#39;s deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 23
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Typhoon Tokage hit western Japan on Wednesday, killing at least two people and snarling transport as it lashed the country with heavy rains that set off landslides and forced thousands to evacuate.