TOKYO – One man died and over a million in Japan were advised to evacuate as powerful typhoon was set to make landfall, bringing with it the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years.
A man in his forties was killed in an overturned car early on Saturday in Chiba while four people were injured, according to public broadcaster NHK.
A number of municipal governments issued evacuation advisories to areas particularly at risk of floods and landslides.
Typhoon Hagibis, which means “speed,” is due to make landfall on Japan’s main island of Honshu late on Saturday, a month after one of the strongest typhoons to hit the country in recent years destroyed or damaged 30,000 houses and caused extensive power outages.(Reuters)
