Typhoon Lan halts flights

Japan cancelled nearly 900 flights and ordered 240,000 people to move to safety as slow-moving Typhoon Lan crossed the island of Honshu,cutting power to tens of thousands of homes

250 miles
400km
AUG 15, 19:00:
Weakened to tropical storm, Lan moves at 15km/h – 585mm of rain falls in past 24 hours
AUG 16, 01:00
AUG 16, 19:00
AUG 17, 07:00
AUG 17, 19:00 local time
JAPAN
NORTH
KOREA
SOUTH
KOREA
RUSSIA
CHINA
HONSHU
HOKKAIDO
SEA OF JAPAN
(EAST SEA)
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Tokyo
Fukushima
Kyoto
Sapporo

Sources: Reuters, Weather Underground
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