Tag: Typhoon Talim

Two dead, three missing as typhoon rips through Japan

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago on Monday, leaving two people dead and three others missing, officials and news reports said. Typhoon Talim made landfall Sunday in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, packing winds of up to 162 kilometers (105 miles) per hour, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The storm, moving northeast along the country, reached the nation’s northern island of Hokkaido by Monday morning, dumping […]