Bad weather in Japan
A typhoon is hitting southern Japan pretty hard - 31 known dead and over 40 missing.
USA Today
has a report:
bq. A powerful typhoon blasted across Japan on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people, causing deadly mudslides and flash floods and prompting thousands to flee their homes, officials said. Nearly 40 people were missing.
bq. Typhoon Tokage made landfall on Japan's main islands early Wednesday and — though it was downgraded by the evening to a tropical storm — was was proving to be one of the deadliest storms of the season.
Posted by DaveH at October 20, 2004 7:56 PM