One man was killed and more than 3 million people were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bore down on the Japanese capital on Saturday, bringing with it the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years. "We are seeing unprecedented rain," an agency official told a news conference carried by public broadcaster NHK. If the typhoon hits Tokyo when the tide is high, that could cause storm surges and that would be the scariest scenario," he said. Typhoon Ida, known as the "Kanogawa Typhoon" in Japanese, killed more than 1,000 people in 1958. * Typhoon Hagibis set to make landfall late Sat* Could be the strongest to hit Tokyo since 1958* Experts warn Tokyo vulnerable to flooding

Source: dna October 12, 2019 08:37 UTC