Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon headed west over the East China Sea on Wednesday after slamming Okinawa and other remote southwestern Japanese islands, causing blackouts, flight cancellations and threatening landslides. Two people were slightly injured. Typhoon Saudel was about 180 kilometers (112...
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What happenedTyphoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2.
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Typhoon Saudel heads west after pounding Japan’s southwestern remote islands, injuring 2
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon headed west over the East China Sea on Wednesday after slamming Okinawa and other remote southwestern Japanese islands, causing blackouts, flight cancellatio...