A terrifying and powerful typhoon hits Japan, leaving 2 dead and 8 million people evacuated

Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit the country in years, has killed at least two people, disrupted transportation and forced manufacturers to suspend operations

High waves triggered by Typhoon Nanmadol are seen at a fishing port in Aki, western Japan (

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Japan was hit by a powerful typhoon, which brought fierce winds and record rainfall to the west of the country on Monday.

Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit the country in years, has killed at least two people, disrupted transportation and forced manufacturers to suspend operations.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has delayed his departure for New York, where he is due to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

“I have postponed my scheduled departure from today to take stock of the damage caused by the typhoon and take all possible recovery measures,” he told reporters on Monday evening.

"If circumstances permit, I will leave tomorrow morning."

The 14th Japanese typhoon of the season made landfall near the city of Kagoshima on Sunday evening before hitting the western island of Kyushu and roaring over the main island of Honshu on Monday morning.

Raging waters flow down the Sendai River in the aftermath of the typhoon (

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A river in Kyushu's Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, flooding fields and roads, footage from state broadcaster NHK showed.

Another video showed a house on the edge of a river half-suspended over a torrent, the tin roof ripped off a gas station and an overturned billboard leaning over it. a street from the top of a building.

"We need to remain very vigilant for heavy rain, gale force winds, high waves and storm surges," an official with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said at a press conference.