Typhoon Meari Moves Over Kyushu, Flights Canceled
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Typhoon Meari, the eighth tropical cyclone to reach Japan this year, is moving over the southwestern main island of Kyushu, disrupting flights and cutting power.
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Eighteen people have been confirmed dead and seven others remain missing as a result of Typhoon Meari, which swept through Japan and weakened into an extra-tropical depression around noon (local time).
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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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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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A POWERFUL typhoon struck southern Japan today, unleashing a downpour, strong winds and high tides that left thousands without power, forced hundreds to flee their homes and disrupted air and sea transport links.
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TOKYO - Japan began a cleanup yesterday after Ma-on, the most powerful typhoon to hit the Tokyo region in a decade, killed six people and caused transport chaos.
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Typhoon Meari, the eighth storm to hit Japan this year, brought winds of up to 67 miles per hour, and left at least eight people missing.
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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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TAIPEI, Taiwan Aug. 24, 2004 - Typhoon Aere lashed northern Taiwan on Tuesday, closing schools, grounding flights to northeast Asia and dumping rain that threatened to cause deadly flash floods and landslides.
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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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Powerful Typhoon Chaba has torn across southwestern Japan, killing four people and knocking out electricity for thousands as it made its way across the island of Kyushu, home to about a tenth of Japan&#39;s population.
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TOKYO Sept. 6, 2004 - A powerful typhoon pounded Japan&#39;s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, grounding airplanes, halting trains and forcing thousands to evacuate their homes.
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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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Typhoon No. 16 was moving northwest, about 140 kilometers northwest by north of Yakushima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, at speeds of about 15 kph as of 9 pm Sunday, increasing fears that it might hit Kyushu
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Japan Airlines Corp. and All Nippon Airways Co., the country&#39;s two largest carriers, together canceled 530 domestic flights as Typhoon Chaba swept through the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.
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Thousands were evacuated, flights canceled and fishing boats called in on Saturday as Typhoon Xangsane whipped toward the Vietnam coast after leaving a trail of destruction in the Philippines that killed at least 61.
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TOKYO, October 19 (Itar-Tass) - About 260 air flights have been cancelled in Japan on Tuesday because of Typhoon Tokage, which currently rages in the country&#39;s south.