A powerful typhoon ripped into southern Japan today, dumping torrential rain, grounding hundreds of domestic flights and halting train services. <br/><br/>The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Talim made a landfall in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands, packing winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour. <br/><br/>According to public broadcaster NHK, at least 644 domestic flights have been cancelled because of strong winds, while all major regional train services have been suspended. <br/><br/>Authorities have issued warnings of rainstorms, high seas, possible landslides and flooding across the southern half of the Japanese archipelago. <br/><br/>The meteorological agency said the typhoon was expected to head northwards, dumping heavy rain across a large area, including on Tokyo. The typhoon had earlier battered the southern Okinawan island chain, dumping the most rain seen over a 24-hour period<br/>in 50 years on the city of Miyako, before it hit Kyushu.