A handout from the Japan Meteorological Agency released on Oct 9 shows a satellite image of Typhoon Halong moving closer to the Izu island chain. - AFP/JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
TOKYO: Heavy rain from a typhoon on Thursday (Oct 9) battered a chain of Japanese islands south of Tokyo and the government urged residents to watch for landslides and flooding.
Kyodo news agency reported there has been record rainfall in parts of the Izu island chain located 280km (174 miles) south of the Japanese capital.
Hundreds of people took refuge at evacuation centers. One man died after being swept away by waves while fishing in Oiso, Kanagawa prefecture, on the main Japanese island of Honshu. - AP
