(UPDATE) FUKUOKA, Japan — One of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan in decades dumped torrential rain across its southern regions on Thursday, with authorities warning of life-threatening flooding and landslides.
Typhoon Shanshan packed gusts of up to 252 kilometers (157 miles) per hour as it smashed into Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early on Thursday, making it the most powerful storm this year and one of the strongest at landfall since 1960.
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