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TOKYO, Japan --- A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that injured at least 14 people, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holidayPowerful storm lashes Japan, snarls holiday travel
TOKYO, Japan --- A powerful tropical storm lashed Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain that injured at least 14 people, prompted warnings of landslides and flooding, and sparked evacuation advisories and travel chaos at a peak holiday period. Severe Tropical Storm Krosa -- one notch below a typhoon -- was churning slowly through southwestern parts of Japan, packing wind gusts of up to 144 kilometers per hour. Dramatic television footage showed violent winds uprooting trees, snapping lampposts and spinning pods on a ferris wheel. Meanwhile, high waves smashed into a breakwater, engulfing a 10-meter lighthouse, while swollen rivers broke their banks and...Keep on reading: Powerful storm lashes Japan, snarls holiday travel Read more











