At least 26 people have been reported injured by a typhoon that has damaged buildings, tossed around cars and flooded streets in the southwestern Kumamoto prefecture on the Japanese island of Kyushu on Tuesday.
Over the weekend, Typhoon Goni lashed the Philippines, leaving 21 dead and 15 missing.
All flights to and from Kyushu were cancelled, and train and bus services were temporarily halted. According to the Kyodo news service, over 470,000 houses lost power connection due to the storm.
Before making landfall, Goni passed through the island of Ishigaki-jima in the southwestern Okinawa prefecture, reaching sustained winds of 101 mph and gusting to 159 mph over a four hour period. The typhoon also slammed Japan’s southernmost Ryukyu Islands on Monday as it gained strength while moving over the islands, but is expected to weaken to a category 1 storm as it heads towards northeastern North Korea and southeastern Russia, accompanied with heavy rains.
Regions of southeastern Russia and northeastern China are likely to be flooded for several days before the typhoon fades away.
