Typhoon Mindulle shuts Tokyo’s Narita airport control towerTOKYO — Strong winds from a typhoon forced air traffic controllers to temporarily abandon the control tower at Narita International Airport on Monday, shutting down one of Tokyo’s two main airports for about an hour. It was the first time the tower had been closed because of a typhoon. Typhoon Mindulle, which made landfall south of Tokyo early Monday afternoon, brought heavy rain and strong winds to Tokyo and surrounding areas. Narita, which is located outside of Tokyo, said that 88 international and 34 domestic departures and arrivals had been canceled. More than 400 domestic flights were canceled to and from Tokyo’s other major airport, Haneda.

Source: Manila Bulletin August 22, 2016 09:56 UTC