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Typhoon Khanun knocks out power, grounds flights in Japan’s Okinawa

A tree sits on its side after being uprooted by strong winds brought by Typhoon Khanun in the city of Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on August 2, 2023 [Jiji Press via AFP]

Powerful winds and lashing rain from an approaching typhoon have killed at least one person and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in southern Japan.

The slow-moving Typhoon Khanun, which was nearing Japan’s southwestern islands on Wednesday, also forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights to the popular tourist destination of Okinawa and other islands, stranding thousands of tourists.

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