Hurricane Hagibis makes landfall on Japan coast spawning rare tornadoes (Update pg. 792)

Amazing tropical storm Hagibis has made landfall in Japan, authorities said as heavy downpour and winds have just lashed the nation causing floods and landslides.

"The eye of Typhoon Hagibis made landfall without further ado before 7pm (1000 GMT) in Izu Peninsula", southwest of Tokyo, said the Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday.

Japanese climate specialists gave a top-level crisis downpour cautioning and around a million people were given non-mandatory clearing orders. Train and flight administrations have been influenced.

Hurricane Hagibis, shutting in from the Pacific, got overwhelming precipitation wide regions of Japan ahead of time of its landfall, including Shizuoka and Mie prefectures, southwest of Tokyo, just as Chiba toward the north, which had endured control blackouts and harmed homes from a month ago's tropical storm.

A tornado tore through Chiba on Saturday, toppling a vehicle in the city of Ichihara, east of Tokyo, and killing a man inside, a city authority stated, including that five individuals were additionally
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