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Powerful Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall in southern Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency satellite photo shows typhoon Shanshan moving closer to Kyushu island. © Handout from Japan Meteorological Agency via AFP

Fukuoka (Japan) (AFP) – Injuries were reported in Japan on Thursday after a powerful typhoon made landfall, bringing strong winds and the risk of floods and landslides. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its rare "special warning" for the most violent storms. 

Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan on Thursday, injuring dozens as howling winds smashed windows and blew tiles off houses while torrential rains sparked floods and landslide warnings.

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