Typhoon Chaba tore across south-western Japan on Monday, killing at least five people and knocking out electricity for thousands as it swirled its way north, dumping heavy rain and whipping up huge seas.
Four were missing, more than 350,000 households lost power at one point, and thousands of people were evacuated because of fears of flooding and landslides in areas hit by another typhoon two weeks ago.
Chaba, one of the strongest storms to hit Japan this year, at one point generated winds of up to 210 km (130 miles) per hour, near the highest on record for the area, public broadcaster NHK said.
By evening it had weakened, but still had gusts of up to 126 km (78 miles) an hour.
Kyushu, one of four of Japan's main islands, has so far suffered the worst damage. The island is home to a tenth of the country's population. Another 10,000 later lost power on neighbouring Shikoku island.
More than 16,000 people had left their homes to wait out the storm in shelters as authorities warned of flooding and landslides, particularly in parts of Shikoku, which was hit hard by typhoon Megi two weeks ago.
The Meteorological Agency issued heavy rain and flood warnings for a wide area of south-western Japan. Some 200 mm to 250 mm (8 to 10 inches) of rain was predicted to fall on some areas by Tuesday evening, NHK said.
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