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Typhoon Talim makes landfall in Japan: Hundreds of flights cancelled, train services halted
• 8 years agoA powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services.
Japan's men-only world heritage island Okinoshima will have no visitors next year
• 8 years agoThe tiny landmass of Okinoshima in Japan, where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site last week
Japan floods: Death toll climbs to 25, rescue teams battle through thick mud to save stranded
• 8 years agoThe death toll from torrential rains and flooding that swept through Japan's south has reached 25.
Japan floods: Death toll rises to 20 as search operations hit, weather agency forecasts more rainfall
• 8 years agoSwathes of Kyushu have been left devastated after overflowing rivers and torrential downpours swept away roads, houses and schools
Japan floods: 18 dead, 27 missing; heavy rains, mudslides expected to continue in Kyushu
• 8 years agoSwathes of Kyushu — the southernmost of Japan's four main islands — have been left devastated after overflowing rivers and torrential downpours swept away roads, houses and schools.
Japan floods: Death toll rises to 15, over 600 still stranded as rescue efforts continue
• 8 years agoThe death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15 as rescuers continued work to bring out isolated survivors
Japan floods: Six dead, over four lakh evacuated as heavy rains leave trail of destruction
Fp Staff • 8 years agoAtleast six people have been killed and 22 others missing in huge floods that are surging through southern Japan from first week of July.
Huge floods sweep southern Japan, two dead, 18 missing
• 8 years agoUnprecedented torrential rain has caused rivers to burst their banks, sweeping away roads and houses, and destroying schools.
Must see: How frightening Typhoon Vongfong looks from space
Fp Staff • 11 years agoTyphoon Vongfong is seen here, practically enveloping the earth's surface.
Japan braces for torrential rains as super typhoon Vongfong heads north
Fp Archives • 11 years agoTropical Storm Risk, which tracks typhoons, labelled Vongfong as a Category 4 typhoon, set to weaken to Category 3 on Saturday and Category 1 before hitting Kyushu.