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Rugby World Cup 2019: World Rugby slams Scotland's legal threat over possible cancellation of Japan clash due to Typhoon Hagibis

World Rugby slammed Scotland over a "disappointing" threat of legal action on Friday as tempers flared over fears their pivotal game with World Cup hosts Japan will be cancelled because of a typhoon.

Rugby World Cup 2019: Scotland coach hopes organisers do ‘all they can’ to make Japan clash happen despite typhoon

Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has urged World Cup chiefs "to do all they can" to make sure his side's must-win match against Japan is played as an incoming super typhoon threatens to end their campaign.

Rugby World Cup 2019: Match wouldn’t have been cancelled if All Blacks needed points, fumes Italy's Sergio Parisse

Italy captain Sergio Parisse has slammed the decision to cancel his side's World Cup match against New Zealand because of Super Typhoon Hagibis, saying the game would have gone ahead if the All Blacks needed a win.

Typhoon Faxai leaves 17,000 passengers stranded in Tokyo's Narita Airport; 100 flights scrapped, road and rail links badly affected

Road and rail links to the airport were also badly affected because of Typhoon Faxai

Powerful typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo, sparks evacuation warnings, widespread blackouts and transport disruption

Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 216 kilometres per hour, made landfall in Chiba just east of capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay

Cyclone Fani makes landfall: What are hurricanes, typhoons, hurricanes and tornadoes; are they similar to tropical cyclones?

The only difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs. They are categorised under the same weather phenomenon, but different names are used to describe these storms in different places. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used. Whereas, the same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a “typhoon” and “cyclones” occur in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

Typhoon Yutu hits Philippines: Six dead, three dozen people feared buried under landslide; thousands evacuated

Cutting a path just south of last month's Typhoon Mangkhut, which killed dozens, Typhoon Yutu hit the country's most populous island, sparking multiple deadly landslides and shearing off roofs with its fierce winds.

Two dead, 120 injured as Typhoon Trami hits flood-battered Japan; storm's aftermath brings chaos to travel in Tokyo

The typhoon sparked travel disruption in the world's third-biggest economy on Sunday, with bullet train services suspended, more than 1,000 flights cancelled and Tokyo's evening train services scrapped.

Typhoon Trami bears down on flood-battered Japan; over 1,100 flights cancelled, evacuation ordered for 7 lakh households

Typhoon Trami has caused power outages in more than 3,00,000 households in Japan's Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures, and the Met Department has issued landslide warnings.

Typhoon Trami batters Okinawa: Nine injured, over 600 people shifted to shelters; storm progresses towards Japan mainland

A powerful typhoon pummelled Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday, injuring at least nine.