Japan has issued evacuation orders for nearly a million people in the path of Typhoon Shanshan, as it braces for what officials say could be one of the strongest storms to ever hit the region.

Flooding and landslides could occur as a result, as residents are surprised at the path Shanshan has traveled. "This is the ...

The Kii Peninsula is more or less on the expected path of Typhoon No. 7. Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) and West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) warned that their respective Tokaido Shinkansen ...

“Japan has always been at the mercy of typhoons ... in supercomputer simulation technologies. The precision of typhoon path forecasting has increased dramatically, allowing the effects of ...

In central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture ... gusts and tornados are likely to occur on the northeastern side of a typhoon's path from 12 to 24 hours before the center of the storm ― which is ...

Japanese officials are urging people in western and eastern Japan to be highly vigilant ... The official urged people to stay updated, as the typhoon's path and intensity were still highly ...

TOKYO (AFP): An approaching typhoon battered communities along Japan's Pacific coast Monday (Aug 14) with heavy rain and crashing waves, prompting authorities to warn about landslides and flooding.