Tropical Storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power

TOKYO — A severe tropical storm battered southwestern Japan on Tuesday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes, grounding hundreds of flights and injuring nine people. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of high waves, landslides and flooding as storm Jangmi — which was downgraded from a typhoon — rumbles northwards after bearing down on the subtropical island of Okinawa on Monday. More than 30,000 households in southwestern Japan’s Kagoshima region and another 17,000 in Okinawa were without power Tuesday morning. READ: Typhoon Jangmi expected to bring heavy rain to western, eastern Japan Top government spokesman Minoru Kihara said […]... Keep on reading: Tropical Storm Jangmi injures 9 in Japan, thousands without power