At least two people are reported dead and some 166,000 households in southwestern Japan's Okinawa and Kagoshima are out of power as slow-moving Typhoon Khanun continued to bring heavy rain and gusty winds
Khanun, which means jackfruit in Thai, had sustained surface winds of 162 kph with higher gusts Thursday morning. / Photo: Reuters
The storm in the East China Sea was heading northwest at a slow speed with gusts 222 kph , according to the Japan Meteorological Agency on Thursday morning.
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