Footage of Typhoon Khanun Blowing Up Vehicles, Houses and Crashing Planes In Okinawa, Japan

Footage of Typhoon Khanun Blowing Up Vehicles, Houses and Crashing Planes In Okinawa, Japan More than 200,000 homes were without power as the powerful and slow-moving Typhoon Kanon approached Japan's southwestern islands on Wednesday morning, with strong winds knocking down power lines in Okinawa Prefecture... Currently, 1 person has died and 11 are injured. .. A man went into cardiac arrest after being pinned under a collapsed garage, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Service... According to media reports, his death was later confirmed.... Nearly 700,000 people in the area were advised to evacuate as the storm moved northwest at 6 mph, according to the Met Office... Television footage showed strong winds causing cars to overturn in several parking lots... The rain lashed the empty streets, shook the trees, and the wind whipped the flooded streets... Wind gusts reached nearly 200 kilometers per hour in parts of Okinawa on Wednesday morning, and more than 250 millimeters of rain fell in the past 24 hours, according to the office.... About 210,000 households, or 34 percent of all homes, were without power Kyushu Electric said 10,030 homes were without power in the Amami Islands in northern Okinawa's Kagoshima Prefecture.... Mobile operators SoftBank and KDDI said the outage disrupted phone and internet connections in parts of Okinawa.... Naha Airport was completely closed for the second day in a row on Wednesday... A total of 951 flights were canceled and 35 ferry routes were suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Ministry of Transport announced.... Japan Airlines said it may also suspend several flights to and from Okinawa Airport on Thursday and Friday.... All Nippon Airways also said further flight cancellations are possible.... Sagawa Express, which is owned by major courier companies Daiwa Holdings and SG Holdings, suspended all package deliveries to Okinawa from other parts of Japan due to transportation disruptions.... All Okinawa prefectural government offices were closed on Wednesday, along with the Japan Post Post Office, San-A Local Supermarket and Aeon Grocery Store and Pharmacy.... The storm comes during the busy summer travel season, when tourist numbers have returned to pre-pandemic levels this year.... Okinawa is often hit by typhoons, but usually later in the year... Okinawa is home to the majority of US troops stationed in Japan, and staff at Kadena Air Force Base, one of the largest facilities, have been urged to take all necessary precautions...