
Two people are already confirmed dead and a further nine are missing after the typhoon smashed Kyushu and surrounding areas
Two people are already confirmed dead and a further nine are missing after the typhoon smashed Kyushu and surrounding areas.
Typhoon Noru registered as the world's strongest storm at one point last week, is threatening up to 800mm of rainfall in the next 48 hours.
It has been a typhoon for 13 days, the longest hurricane-strength typhoon since Hurricane Ioke, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Central-Pacific.
The Amami island chain, located just south of the southwest main island of Kyushu and some 1,350 km (840 miles) from Tokyo, will be hit by high winds and heavy rains from Friday.
The monster storm is easily visible from the International Space Station, with stunning images showing Noru from 250km in the sky.














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