Typhoon kills three, causes chaos in Tokyo

920,000 homes lose power; hundreds of thousands of commuters affected

One of the strongest typhoons in recent years swept through Tokyo on Monday, leaving at least three people dead, dozens injured and nearly 1 million people without power.

Typhoon Faxai (a woman's name in the Lao language), the season's 15th of its kind, made landfall in Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo shortly before 5 am, bringing heavy rain and winds as fast as 207 kilometers per hour, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.