Monday, July 16, 2007

Powerful Typhoon Man-yi Lashes Japan Coast

One of the most powerful storms to hit the Japan archipelagos in decades first made landfall on Friday. Typhoon Man-yi was weakening as it churned in the Pacific Ocean, headed away from Tokyo on Sunday, leaving four people dead or missing. Flooding hundreds of homes and triggering landslides. This is the worst to hit japan in july since records began in 1951. National weather agency urged residents to remain on high alert in the coming days, warning that mudslides were still a possibility.

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