Flights canceled as 'Khanun' skirts south Japan

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 09, 2023 12:17 am

TOKYO: Flights were canceled, bullet trains partially suspended, and factories shuttered on Tuesday as Typhoon 'Khanun' headed past Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, bringing heavy rain.

The storm last week reportedly killed at least two people, injured more than 100, and cut off power for several hundred thousand people in the southern Okinawa region before barreling toward Taiwan.

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