Breaking Storm News: JapanSept 18, 2006
A powerful typhoon that has been buffeting Japan for the last few days has left nine people dead and more than 200 injured.
Typhoon Shanshan made landfall late on Friday, causing torrential rains over the weekend that triggered flash floods and landslides.
It has now weakened to a tropical storm and is heading out to sea.
But high winds are still affecting the south-west of the country, delaying transport services.
Typhoon Shanshan caused its most serious damage in the regions of Kyushu and Chugoku.
The high winds caused by the typhoon overturned cars, derailed an express train and temporarily knocked out electricity in tens of thousands of homes.
They also forced the cancellation of nearly 80 flights and caused delays in the high-speed bullet train service, according to NHK television.
Heavy rains are expected to continue in central and northern Japan until Tuesday morning, and high waves are thought likely to hit the Sea of Japan coastline.
HEAVY RAINS / FLOODING / LANDSLIDES
INDIA - With Orissa experiencing heavy rains when yet another low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal, lightning killed at least 74 cows at Chhatipur village in Khurda district. One cowherd tending the cattle was injured while other two with him had a miraculous escape. The thunderbolt struck a herd of over 300 cattle grazing in an open field near the village killing 74 of them and injuring 113 other cows.
BANGLADESH - At least six people were killed as lightning struck a tea shop beside a highway near the beach resort of Cox's Bazar in southern Bangladesh, police and witnesses said Sunday. Three others were seriously injured in the incident which occurred Saturday night. The dead and the injured were local farmers drinking tea at the shop during a tropical storm.
