Typhoon knocks out power in southern Japan, thousands of flights cancelled

Scattered debris litters a downtown street as high winds brought by Typhoon Khanun hit the city of Naha, Okinawa prefecture on Aug 2, 2023. - AFP

TOKYO (AFP): One person was reportedly killed and hundreds of thousands were without electricity in southern Japan on Wednesday (Aug 2) as a typhoon appproached packing powerful winds and lashing rain.

Hundreds of flights to Okinawa and other islands in the area were cancelled, stranding thousands of tourists holidaying in the region's tropical beach resorts.