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A powerful typhoon slammed into western Japan on Tuesday, inundating the region's main international airport and blowing a tanker into a bridge, disrupting land and air travel and leaving thousands stranded. At least eight people died and scores were injured. (Ichiro Banno/Kyodo News via AP)
About 3,000 passengers stranded by Typhoon Jebi overnight at the offshore Japanese airport begun returning by boat and by bus Wednesday morning over a partially damaged bridge to the mainland. (Kyodo News via AP)
More than 1.6 million households remained without power in Osaka, Kyoto and four nearby prefectures late Tuesday. (Source: Kyodo/via REUTERS)
The typhoon first made landfall on Japan's southwestern island of Shikoku and then again near Kobe on Honshu. (Kota Endo/Kyodo News via AP)
More than 700 flights were canceled, according to Japanese media tallies. High-speed bullet train service was suspended from Tokyo west to Hiroshima, though service partially resumed later Tuesday when the typhoon left the region.(Source: Kyodo/via REUTERS)
A tanker is seen after it slammed into the side of a bridge connecting the airport to the mainland, damaging part of the bridge and the vessel in Osaka, western Japan, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. (Kentaro Ikushima/Mainichi Newspaper via AP)
In nearby Nishinomiya in Hyogo prefecture, about 100 cars at a seaside dealership were in flames after their electrical systems were shorted out by sea water, fire officials and news reports said.(Source: Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Jebi, reportedly the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Japan since 1993, headed north across the main island of Honshu toward the Sea of Japan. It was off the northern coast of Fukui on Tuesday evening with sustained winds of 126 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 180 kph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)
A wall of Minami Noh Butai of Nishi Honganji temple, a world heritage site, is damaged by a powerful typhoon in Kyoto, western Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. Typhoon Jebi peeled roofs off buildings, toppled power poles and damaged businesses as it crossed Japan’s main island Tuesday. (Kyodo News via AP)
High waves triggered by Typhoon Jebi are seen at a fishing port in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 4, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS)
Boats float along with debris during Typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan September 4, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. (Source: TWITTER/ @R10N_SR/via REUTERS)
