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Typhoon Francisco slams Kyushu Island

By Wang Xu in Tokyo | China Daily | Updated: 2019-08-07 09:53
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People holding umbrellas walk in heavy rain in Fukuoka, Japan on Aug 6, 2019. [Photo/IC]

At least one man has died and several others were injured on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu as a strong typhoon hit the country on Tuesday.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Typhoon Francisco, this season's eighth typhoon, landed on the city of Miyazaki around 5 am on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain as it traveled northward.

The dead man, who appeared to be in his 50s, was found in a swollen river by police in Oita prefecture.

Nearly 130 flights were canceled because of the typhoon, said Japanese airlines. Several train services was also canceled on Tuesday, Kyushu Railway Co said.

At least 24,710 households on Tuesday lost power in 11 Kyushu cities and towns, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co.

At 8:30 pm on Tuesday, around 760 households were still in the dark.

Several people in Kyushu, the country's third-largest island, were reported injured by the heavy storm.

Among them was a 55-year-old woman who was blown over by the wind while taking out her garbage.

The strongest wind was recorded in Miyazaki. It reached a speed of 140 kilometers per hour while in Nobeoka, a city 100 kilometers to the north, received 95.5 millimeters of rain in an hour.

Francisco was the second typhoon to make landfall in Japan this year after Typhoon Nari on July 27.

Moving northwest from Japan at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour, Francisco was expected to land on South Korea between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to South Korea's meteorological administration.

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