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TOKYO - Typhoon Man-yi killed three people and injured more than 70 in Japan but weakened to a tropical storm yesterday as it moved across the country's central region bringing heavy rain, strong winds and landslides.
Man-yi was moving east-northeast at 35km/h as it reached the Tokai region after ripping through the southernmost main island of Kyushu, the Meteorological Agency said.
The storm was weakening with winds of up to 162 km/h, but forecasters still warned of flooding and landslides as it looked to brush by Tokyo later in the day.
Man-yi, which approached Japan's southern Okinawa islands late last week, has killed three people, including a 11-year-old boy swept away by a fast-moving river while trying to pick up a ball.
- REUTERS
