September 9, 2019 1:44 PM

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One killed after Typhoon Faxai hits Tokyo

<span style="color: #222222;">A powerful typhoon that battered Tokyo overnight with ferocious winds killed one person, police said today. It halted trains caused commuter chaos and more than 100 flights were cancelled. Typhoon Faxai, packing record winds of up to 207 kilometres per hour, made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay.<br />''<br />'' Police confirmed one person was killed in the storm, a woman in her fifties who was found dead in Tokyo. More than 30 people were injured in the storm. Non-mandatory evacuation orders were still in place for nearly 340,000 people, and authorities said more than 2,000 people had taken refuge in shelters.</span><br />

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