Heavy damage: A worker removing debris blown away by strong winds caused by Shanshan in Miyazaki. — AFP
Typhoon Shanshan weakened to a tropical storm but was still dumping heavy rains as it slowly churned through Japan, triggering transport havoc and landslide warnings, with up to six people killed.
The storm, which at landfall was one of the fiercest to hit Japan in decades, pummelled Kyushu island on Thursday with gusts of up to 252kph, later easing to 108kph as it moved up the archipelago yesterday.
