Typhoon lashes Japanese capital, one dead

By Elaine Lies
Updated September 9 2019 - 6:13pm, first published 6:09pm
High waves triggered by Typhoon Faxai, which has left over 900,000 people without power in Tokyo.
High waves triggered by Typhoon Faxai, which has left over 900,000 people without power in Tokyo.

One of the strongest typhoons to hit Japan in recent years has struck just east of the capital, Tokyo, killing one woman, with record-breaking winds and stinging rain damaging buildings and disrupting transport.

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