Killer Typhoon Prepares To Strike Japan Again

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An express train that was carrying 45 passengers, lies overturned on the ground as heavy winds from typhoon Shanshan blew the carriages off the track at Nobeoka city in Miyazaki prefecture, Japan's southern island of Kyushu 17 September 2006. Photo courtesy of AFP.

by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Sep 19, 2006
Typhoon Shanshan on Tuesday approached Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido after tearing across the south killing nine people and injuring 300 more, officials said. The weather agency warned of high waves, strong winds and heavy rain on the western coast of Hokkaido, which sees relatively few typhoons compared with the rest of Japan.

Shanshan was over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) some 290 kilometers (180 miles) west of Otaru on the main northern island of Hokkaido at around 4:00 pm (0700 GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Shanshan was packing winds of up to 90 kilometers (55 miles) per hour and moving northeast at the speed of 25 kilometers (15 miles) per hour, the agency said.

"The typhoon will approach Hokkaido Tuesday night. But it is expected to gradually weaken and turn into a temperate depression Wednesday morning as it moves toward the area east of Sakhalin," an agency statement said.

Shanshan ravaged southern Japan over the weekend, killing nine people and injuring 328 people, including 26 seriously, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

A journalist in Hiroshima, who was covering the effects of the approaching typhoon, has been missing since Saturday night, the disaster agency said.

In all, the typhoon destroyed 91 houses and seriously damaged 263 others and more than 100,000 people were temporarily evacuated, the disaster agency said.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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