Typhoon hits site of 2011 tsunami in JapanA category one typhoon is expected to make landfall in Japan on Tuesday, prompting evacuation warnings for thousands of people. Typhoon Lionrock made landfall in Japan's Tohoku, the area devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, becoming the first typhoon to come onshore in the region since records began in 1951. KYODO High waves triggered by Typhoon Lionrock crash on a coast of the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. READ MORE:* Powerful typhoon hits western Japan* Typhoon Neoguri pounds Okinawa* ​Two dead as Typhoon Vongfong pounds Japan* Typhoon Mindulle shuts Tokyo's Narita airport control towerThe risk of landslides is "very high" in areas of northern Japan on the Pacific coast, the agency said, with Kyodo News reporting of a landslide blocking a national highway in Iwate. KYODO High waves triggered by Typhoon Lionrock crash against a "torii" gate on a coast of the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan on August 30, 2016.

Source: Stuff August 30, 2016 10:32 UTC