Less than a month ago, a typhoon flooded Kansai International airport near Osaka, leaving thousands of tourists stranded. Trami was about 300 km (186 miles) southeast of Miyako island, with winds gusting as high as 216 kilometers an hour (134 mph). Though the Japanese capital of Tokyo is set for heavy rain, current predictions show it avoiding a direct hit. Seventeen people died in the storm, whose high winds sent trees crashing to the ground and cars scudding across parking lots. Just two days after Jebi hit in September, the northernmost main island of Hokkaido was rocked by an earthquake that set off landslides, knocked out power throughout the island and killed at least 44 people.

Source: The Express Tribune September 28, 2018 09:22 UTC