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Typhoon Halong rips through western Japan

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JAPAN: Typhoon Halong slammed into western Japan on Sunday, leaving dozens of people injured while the coastguard searched for a man who went missing apparently while surfing when the storm hit.

Halong was over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) as of 3:00 pm (0600 GMT), some 100 kilometres (60 miles) west-southwest of the central city of Kanazawa, after making landfall on the largest and most populous island of Honshu.

Packing winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour, the typhoon was moving north-northeast at 35 kilometres per hour and expected to move away from the Japanese archipelago, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

But the weather agency maintained its highest warning against torrential rain for some areas of Honshu.

In southwestern Wakayama prefecture, a man who was apparently surfing on the Pacific coast went missing early Sunday, local police said. “According to a witness, a man in a wetsuit was seen drifting about 30 metres offshore and then disappeared,” said a local police spokesman. Agencies

The coastguard dispatched helicopters to the area, he said.

The storm injured at least 59 people throughout the country, public broadcaster NHK said.

Earlier on Sunday the typhoon barrelled into the main western island of Shikoku, with huge waves battering the coast.

It then hit Honshu near the city of Ako on the southwest coast, ripping through western Japan, the weather agency said.

On Honshu, the weather agency maintained its highest warning — meaning a threat to life and the risk of massive damage — for some areas of Mie prefecture, some 300 kilometres west of Tokyo, warning that “unprecedented” torrential rain in the areas could trigger massive landslides or major floods.

Houses and rice paddies were submerged in a wide area of western Japan, mainly on Shikoku island, public broadcaster NHK said.

Television footage showed trees uprooted and electricity poles toppled due to the strong wind.

Local authorities, mainly in western Japan, issued evacuation advisories to more than 1.6 million people in total, NHK said.

More than 300 flights were to be cancelled on Sunday due to the typhoon, which came just as Japan began its annual “Obon” summer holiday, NHK said. On Saturday some 470 flights were grounded as the storm approached.

Also on Sunday, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan, with the Japan Meteorological Agency warning against landslides due to expected heavy rain.

Japanese authorities did not issue a tsunami warning, and there were no immediate reports of damage after the quake.

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