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Tropical storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize TOKYO, Japan: A severe tropical storm battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, grounding hundreds of flights and injuring nine people.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of high waves, landslides and flooding as storm Jangmi — which was downgraded from a typhoon — rumbles northwards after bearing down on the subtropical island of Okinawa on Monday.
- The entire population of Miyazaki city on the island of Kyushu — around 390,000 people — were urged to evacuate their homes.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize TOKYO, Japan: A severe tropical storm battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, grounding hundreds of flights and injuring nine people.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of high waves, landslides and flooding as storm Jangmi — which was downgraded from a typhoon — rumbles northwards after bearing down on the subtropical island of Okinawa on Monday.
The entire population of Miyazaki city on the island of Kyushu — around 390,000 people — were urged to evacuate their homes.
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