Typhoon hits Japan

TOKYO, June 28: Typhoon Peter brought strong winds and heavy rain to western Japan yesterday, causing authorities to warn of possible flooding and landslides as the storm prepared to move across a wide swath of the country.

The typhoon, which came ashore near Nagasaki today morning, paralysed much of the island of Kyushu, causing flights and ferries connecting it with other parts of Japan to be cancelled.

Winds with gusts up to 108 km per hour were kicked up by the medium-sized typhoon, the meteorological agency said. But that was considerably weaker than gusts of up to 155 km per hour recorded on Friday morning when the typhoon passed through the southern island of Okinawa on its way north.