Millions evacuated as typhoon slams Japan's Kyushu, halting flights and factories
RPT of story published August 29, 20243:31 PM GMT+8
By Satoshi Sugiyama, Kiyoshi Takenaka
TOKYO, Aug 29 (Reuters) -Millions of people were told to evacuate from their homes as TyphoonShanshan lashed southwest Japan with strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday, knocking out power, snarlingair traffic and forcing major factories to close.
At least three people have been killed so far and scores injured in what authorities have warned could be one of the strongest ever storms to hit the region.
Major automaker Toyota 7203.T suspendedoperations in all of its domestic plants due to the storm, while Nissan 7201.T, Honda<7267.T>and chipmakers Renesas 6723.T and Tokyo Electron 8035.Talso temporarily halted production at some factories.
Funeral parlour employee Tomoki Maeda was in a hearse when the typhoon struck in Miyazaki city in southern Kyushu, shattering windows and tearing down walls of some buildings.
"I've never experienced such a strong wind or tornado in my 31 years of life," Maeda told Reuters.
The typhoon, with gusts of up to 50 metres per second (180 km per hour/112 mph), was near Unzen city in Nagasaki Prefecture at 1:45 p.m. (0445 GMT), moving north at about 15 km per hour, according to the weather agency.
Around 230,000 households in seven prefectures were without power in the afternoon, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co. The utility earlier said there as no impact at its Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in Satsumasendai city, where the storm made landfall earlier on Thursday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told a news conference that three people had died and one was missing in incidents related to the typhoon, while the disaster management agency said 45 had suffered injuries.
After hovering over Kyushu for the next few days, the storm is expected to approach the central and eastern regions, including the capital Tokyo, around the weekend, the weather agency said.
More than 5.2 million people have been issued evacuation notices across the country, authorities said.
Madoka Kubo, who runs a hotel in historic city of Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto prefecture, told Reuters that all reservations had been cancelled and her hotel was now being used to house elderly people who had been evacuated from nearby areas.
Airlines, including ANA Holdings 9202.T and Japan Airlines 9201.T, have already announced cancellations of nearly 800 flights. Train services have been suspended in many areas of Kyushu while hundreds of bus and ferry services have also been halted, according to the transport ministry.
Typhoon Shanshan is the latest harsh weather system to hit Japan, following Typhoon Ampil, which also led to blackouts and evacuations, earlier this month.
Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama, Sam Nussey, Yuka Obayashi, Maki Shiraki, Rocky Swift, Kantaro Komiya, Mahezabin Syed and John Geddie; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman and Raju Gopalakrishnan
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