Warnings Issued, Evacuations Ordered as Japan Braces for Typhoon Shanshan
Japan has issued its highest storm warning and shut down airline and train operations as Typhoon Shanshan makes its way to the country’s southwest. The powerful typhoon is expected to travel across the country, bringing heavy rain and strong winds along the way.
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00:00Japan has issued its highest storm warning as Typhoon Shanshan creeps toward the country's
00:05southwest. More than 800,000 people on Kyushu Island and in the central Aichi and Shizuoka
00:12prefectures have been ordered to evacuate. Airlines and railways have cancelled their services.
00:18Winds and heavy rains brought by Shanshan are expected to lash the country in the coming days.
00:24Japan has only issued an alert of this level three times before.