Typhoon Lan paralyses planes and trains while crossing Japan

A bridge is partially fallen after Typhoon Lan lashed the area in Tottori, western Japan on Aug 16, 2023. - Kyodo News via AP

TOKYO (Bloomberg): Typhoon Lan reached the coast of central Japan early Tuesday (Aug 15), grounding flights and halting trains as residents braced for heavy rain, flooding and landslides.

Known locally as Typhoon No. 7, the storm has been traversing the archipelago’s central belt since it made landfall south of Osaka around 5am local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, and is expected to pivot north across the Sea of Japan toward the island of Hokkaido.