3 dead and country in chaos • il Millimetro

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Typhoon Shanshan hits Japan, causing 3 deaths so far and bringing much of the country to a standstill. The typhoon made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture, in the southern part of the island of Kyushu, as reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued a rare “special alert” for gusts of wind up to 250 km per hour that accompany the very violent rain with the risk of landslides and floods. The victims are 3 people – two elderly people and a thirty-year-old – who were part of a family from Gamagori, in the heart of Japan. The typhoon caused massive blackouts and at the moment over 250 thousand homes are without electricity. According to data released by the broadcaster NHK, over 30 people were injured in the prefectures of Kagoshima and Miyazaki. The emergency situation has caused the cancellation of over 500 flights, with consequences for more than 30 thousand passengers, and has also determined the stoppage of high-speed trains: in particular, the Tokaido Shinkansen, which runs between the Mishima and Nagoya stations, will not be running in the next few hours. Trains between Nagoya and Tokyo will be reduced. In several areas of the country, top-level factories have also been closed: Toyota and Nissan closed their plants on August 29. —internazionale/[email protected] (Web Info)