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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Stuti Mishra and Arpan Rai

Typhoon Jangmi mapped: Where powerful storm will hit in Japan as flights cancelled

A tropical storm has injured 16 people and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes across southwestern Japan, forcing the evacuation of nearly 400,000 residents and grounding hundreds of flights as it moves toward the mainland.

Storm Jangmi, which was earlier a typhoon, battered the subtropical island of Okinawa on Monday before moving north toward Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island.

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