Typhoon Faxai: Many injured and without power

Dozens of people were injured and at least 900,000 households faced power outages along with serious disruptions to public transport on Monday after Typhoon Faxai made landfall early on Monday near the Japanese capital, according to media reports.

The Pacific typhoon made its landfall in Chiba, northeast of Tokyo, around 5 a.m., according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Faxai is the 15th typhoon of the season and it recorded winds of 144 kmph and gusts of 216 kmph in the northeast direction and was moving towards the Pacific Ocean at 30 kmph after hitting the eastern coast of Honshu, the largest island on the Japanese archipelago, the Met agency said.

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