22/09/2011 12:23
Typhoon kills at least 10 in Japan
A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 10 people including a woman aged 101, AFP reported.
Public broadcaster NHK and Jiji Press news agency put the death toll at 10, with five missing and hundreds of people injured.
The typhoon is expected to weaken into an extratropical cyclone later in the day.