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00:00Deserted streets, closed shops and residents locked inside their homes, these are the scenes
00:08in Japan's Fukuoka, as Typhoon Shanshan hit the south-west of the country on Thursday,
00:14moving slowly up the archipelago towards the capital.
00:21Right now I'm feeling very anxious, it's not good.
00:27Shanshan is one of the most fiercest storms to hit Japan in decades, but it has weakened
00:33and is now blowing winds of up to 130 kilometres an hour, yet it has brought the country to
00:39a standstill, with some areas seeing record rainfalls, key rivers filling up quickly as
00:46well as landslides and power cuts.
00:49Highways have been closed and high-speed trains suspended, with over 1,000 domestic and international
00:56flights cancelled.
01:00Tourists must be in a pickle, they came here unprepared and now they're stuck.
01:09This is a rare experience in a lifetime, it will be a trip to remember, a trip when I
01:14could not do anything.
01:17Japanese authorities have issued the highest level of alert in several regions of the country,
01:23advising 5 million people to evacuate their homes.