Typhoon Songda Nears Japan, Transport Links Cut
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High winds and heavy rain lashed Japan's  southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, swamping  buildings and stranding holidaymakers, as the third powerful  typhoon in three weeks neared the country's coast.
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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.
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TOKYO - A powerful typhoon raked Japan's Pacific coastline Saturday, killing at least two people and leaving at least five others missing in the most powerful storm to hit the nation in a decade, officials said.    Ma-on, which means horse saddle in Cantonese, was the record eighth typhoon to reach Japan's shores this year...
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Powerful Typhoon Chaba hit southwestern Japan on Monday, leaving five people dead, 54 injured, and four freighter crew members missing since Sunday, and paralyzing transportation systems in the region.
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&quot;Super typhoon&quot; Yagi, which had threatened to drench Tokyo this weekend, now looks set to skirt Japan and head further out into the Pacific Ocean, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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TOKYO Typhoon Songda battered Japan and South Korea on Tuesday, cutting power to millions, injuring more than 200 people and disrupting transportation.
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Two people were missing as powerful typhoon Ma-on made landfall on Japan on Saturday, lashing the nation with heavy rains and high winds, snarling transport and prompting thousands to evacuate.
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Powerful typhoon Songda made landfall in  southern Japan on Tuesday, pounding the region with torrential  rains and high winds that forced evacuations, caused blackouts  and brought public transport to a virtual standstill.
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Central Japan&#39;s strongest typhoon in a decade left at least five people dead and five others missing as it swept through the region, halting air and rail operations before losing strength off the Pacific coast northeast of Tokyo.
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Typhoon Chaba heads north up Japan's archipelago after killing at least seven people further south.
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The biggest typhoon to hit Japan in more than a decade has roared over the country&#39;s main island, Honshu, with heavy rain and fierce winds leaving at least 18 people dead and 13 others missing, officials said.
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A powerful tropical storm hit southern Japan today, disrupting transport and whipping up waves and winds that damaged homes, downed electricity lines and forced thousands to evacuate their homes.
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TOKYO : One person is dead and four others are missing as Japan&#39;s biggest typhoon in more than a decade pounded the south of the country with heavy rain and powerful winds, officials said.
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Japan is bracing for a powerful typhoon, one of the strongest storms recorded in Asia this year. Typhoon Ma-on, (Cantonese for &quot;horse saddle&quot;) which is packing winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour, is bearing
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TOKYO - A rapidly expanding low-pressure system brought typhoon-class winds to the Japanese archipelago from Saturday night to Sunday night, causing blackouts, stranding ships and paralyzing some air and land traffic.
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A powerful typhoon, one of the strongest storms recorded in Asia this year, churned toward Japan on Saturday, lashing the nation with heavy rain, prompting evacuations and threatening to strike Tokyo.
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Typhoon Tokage hit western Japan today, 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.