679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. It was hot," a woman told public broadcaster NHK after being ferried to Kobe. Latest on Typhoon Jebi death toll – Japan Hit Badly by Laura Dent / September 5, 2018 / World / No Comments / Japan’s strongest storm in 25 years today resulted in the evacuation of one million people and the cancellation of more than 700 flights. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed High waves hit breakwaters at a port of Aki, Kochi prefecture, Japan on Tuesday Fire breaks up from used cars storage site after the are is submerged due to high tides More than 100 used cars catch fire as Typhoon Jebi trigger devastation in Nishinomiya There have been scenes of devastation since the typhoon hit Japan Flood water covers Kansai International Airport after Japan was lashed by 135mph winds A tanker collides with a connection bridge between Kansai International Airport Intense high wind from Typhoon Jebi blows in Nishinomiya City, in the Hyogo Prefecture Damage from loose construction scaffolding due to weather patterns from Typhoon Jebi is seen in Osaka Documents are spread under desks after windows broke at Gifu Prefectural Government in Gifu, Japan More than 300 people have been injured in the shocking storm Typhoon Jebi made landfall on Japan's central west coast on Tuesday An aerial picture shows cars pilled up a day after powerful Typhoon Jebi hit the area in Kobe Passengers stranded overnight at the Kansai International Airport Millions of pounds worth of damage has been caused High waves triggered by Typhoon Jebi are seen at a fishing port in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western JapanFuel tanker collides into a bridge linking Kansai International airport to the city as Typhoon Jebi batters Japan A traffic light collapsed due to strong winds generated by typhoon Jebi in Osaka containers spread at a port in Osaka, western JapanDramatic video of flooded Kansai Airport in Osaka as Typhoon Jebi hits Japan Kansai International Airport partially submerged after the storm whipped up giant waves Commuters were seen sleeping in the airport as many flights were cancelled Over 700 flights have been cancelled into and out of Japan This Meteorological Agency forecasted track of Typhoon Jebi on Tuesday "Factories in the region, including automaker Daihatsu Motor Co. and electronics giant Panasonic, as well as major beverage maker Kirin Co. suspended production at most of its factories in Osaka and nearby prefectures on Tuesday, though most of them were expected to resume operation Wednesday, Kyodo News agency reported.The Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka closed for a second day Wednesday but said in a news release it would reopen Thursday.The deaths included a man in his 70s who was blown to the ground from his apartment in Osaka prefecture. Typhoon Jebi kills 10, leaves a MILLION without power and sparks massive car park fire as Japan is ravaged by worst storm in 25 years "I'd never expected this amount of damage from a typhoon. The typhoon was reportedly the strongest storm since 1993 and brought sustained winds of 160 km/h (100 mph) to the island, causing widespread damage, flooding, and power outages to 1.5 million people. It was hot," a woman told public broadcaster NHK after being ferried to Kobe. Typhoon Jebi: Death toll rises. A house in ruins after being hit by Typhoon Hagibis, on October 15, 2019 in Hoyasu near Nagano, Japan. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. PICTURES: Typhoon Jebi hits Japan – death toll at 11.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, tweeting on his official account, said the government was working to get the airport back online. News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.More than 1.2 million people had been advised to leave their homes as Jebi approached the Kansai area - Japan's industrial heartland. "Our house is right at the base of a mountain, so it's a little dangerous and we decided to leave," one woman told NHK.Footage showed waves pounding the coastline, sheet metal tumbling across a parking lot and a truck turned on its side.Kobe residents posted on Twitter that the wind was shaking their apartment buildings and ripping branches off trees.Around 3.9 inches of rain drenched one part of the tourist city of Kyoto in an hour, with as much 20 inches set to fall in some areas in the 24 hours to noon on Wednesday.Video posted on Twitter showed a small part of the roof of Kyoto train station falling to the ground.Shinkansen train services between Tokyo and Hiroshima were suspended and Universal Studios Japan, a popular amusement park near Osaka, was closed.Toyota Motor Corp said it was cancelling the night shift at 14 plants and Daihatsu Motor Co stopped production at its Kyoto and Osaka factoriesPanasonic halted work at its air conditioning and refrigerator factory in Shiga. "We had a blackout so there was no air conditioning. WhatsApp. Major beverage maker Kirin Co suspended production at its brewery in Kobe, according to Kyodo News agency.The capital, Tokyo, will be far from the centre of the storm but was set for heavy rains and high winds by the end of Tuesday.Jebi's course has brought it close to parts of western Japan hit by rains and flooding that killed more than 200 people in July.However, it was set to speed up after making landfall, minimising the amount of rain that will fall in one place.In 2011, Typhoon Talas killed at least 82 people in the area, while in 2013, a storm that hit south of Tokyo left 40 people dead. Typhoon Jebi: Extremely strong winds and heavy rain hit Japan .