90mph typhoon heads for Japan
A powerful typhoon is heading toward Tokyo after lashing southern Japan, where it killed at least one US airman on Okinawa island and left two others missing.
Typhoon Phanfone was off the coast of Shikoku in southwestern Japan on Sunday night, packing winds of up to 90 miles per hour after hitting the southern regions of Okinawa and Kyushu, the Meteorological Agency says.
Japan’s Coast Guard says three US Air Force members were washed away by high waves on Sunday, with one found dead and the other two still missing. The Air Force said only that three of its airmen were missing.
Several people on Kyushu island were injured.
The agency predicts up to 16 inches of rain in central Japan by Monday morning.
