Tokyo: Japan braced for a powerful typhoon – the third in little more than a week – and authorities warned of heavy rain, high waves and flooding after the previous storms killed two people.
Typhoon Lionrock, described as “strong”, was likely to come ashore northeast of Tokyo today before cutting across the country’s main island of Honshu and heading out to sea towards Russia and China, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
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