9million ordered to evacuate after killer typhoon’s 145mph winds leaves causes landslides and flooding to Japan

 

Nine million people were ordered to evacuate after a "severe cyclone" killed two people and left 300,000 homes without power.

Gusts of 145 mph and 16 inches of rain were recorded, and 87 people were injured.

Nanmadol is the 14th Pacific typhoon to hit Japan this season - the largest by far.

It triggered a level five alert, the highest on the nation's disaster scale.

The storm - a type of typhoon - wreaked havoc when it hit the country's Kyushu island Sunday night. It is expected to pass over the main island of Honshu in the following days.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told people to "evacuate without hesitation".

Emperor Naruhito and his wife in London for the Queen's funeral.

State broadcaster NHK said a man was killed when his car was submerged in water. Another died buried in a landslide. Another person is still missing.

Trains and hundreds of flights have already been canceled across most of the country as it braces for more floods and landslides.

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Nanmadol was likely to be worse than Typhoon Jebi in 2018, which left 14 people dead, and Typhoon Hagibis in 2019, among the largest ever recorded.