A powerful typhoon lashed southwestern Japan today with heavy rain and strong winds, injuring dozens of people and heading north toward Tokyo, the Associated Press reported.

After Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in the Kyushu region yesterday, streets were flooded with muddy water from rivers and many homes were left without power.

According to data from the Japan Meteorological Agency, the typhoon entered with sustained winds of 108 km/h and gusts of up to 162 km/h.

Tens of thousands of people spent the night in high schools and other facilities as part of a preventive evacuation of threatened residential buildings.

According to Japanese media, more than 60 people were injured.

The terrible wind has broken signposts.

A construction crane has broken in the city of Kagoshima, southwestern Japan.

Thousands of residents of southern Japan have been evacuated as a powerful typhoon approaches 

Bullet trains and airlines ceased operations.

Warnings were issued for landslides and rising rivers.

In southwestern Japan, chain grocery stores and delivery services were temporarily closed, traffic on some highways was suspended, and people had some problems with cellphones.

The storm is forecast to continue moving northeast over Japan's main island of Honshu, bringing torrential rain to a region that includes the cities of Osaka and Kyoto, before reaching Tokyo tomorrow and heading toward northeastern Japan.

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