Typhoon Goni slams into Japan

Typhoon Goni slammed into the Japanese mainland on Tuesday, August 25, leaving 13 people with minor injuries and disrupting rail and flight services, as the government issued an evacuation advisory for more than 100,000 residents. The powerful storm, which killed at least 26 people in landslides and floods in the Philippines, hit southwestern Kumamoto prefecture at about 6 am local time (2100 GMT Monday), Japan’s weather agency said. Goni was moving just north of Kyushi, one of Japan’s 4 main islands, packing gusts of up to 198 kilometers. At the weekend, Goni hit parts of the northern Philippines hard, destroying nearly 1,000 houses and forcing more than 12,000 people to flee, the country’s civil defense office said.

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