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| Eye of Halong Over Sea of Japan |
Japan's national broadcaster NHK is reporting one man was washed away
in an overflowing river in Gifu Prefecture and later died in hospital,
while more than 30 others were wounded.
A surfer has also been reported missing off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture.
Japanese
authorities have now ordered 1.6 million people out of the path of the
powerful storm which has lashed affected areas with strong winds and
torrential rain.
More than 200 fights have been cancelled today
and some bullet trains suspended service, leaving many passengers
stranded, including holidaymakers as Japan begins its annual "Obon"
summer holiday.
Typhoon Halong has moved back to sea to the Sea of Japan after moving over Japan's main island, Honshu.
Forecasters
have predicted heavy winds and around 40cm of rain to be dumped on
eastern japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Japan's
Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Halong made landfall near Aki, Koshi
Prefecture on Shikoku Island around 6am local time on Sunday.
On
Saturday, Typhoon Halong was packing winds of up to 198 kilometres per
hour, the outer bands of the storm have already brought bad weather to
large areas of the Japanese archipelago.
Local television footage has shown high waves triggered by the typhoon splashing over breakwaters.
Storm weather and torrential rains earlier this week has left one dead and four injured, NHK says.
Halong comes a month after Typhoon Neoguri killed several people and left a trail of destruction in southern Japan.
Last
weekend, a man drowned in a raging river while more than half a million
people were advised to evacuate as heavy rain from Typhoon Nakri lashed
the country.
NHK
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