A truck sits at an angle on a bridge after being blown over by strong winds caused by Typhoon Jebi in Sakade, Japan AFP/JIJI PRESS Powerful gusts ripped sheeting from rooftops, overturned trucks on bridges and swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge to Kansai International Airport. The damage to the bridge left the airport cut off from the mainland and stranded around 3,000 people there, an official told AFP. The airport was now conducting safety tests on the undamaged section of the bridge, the official said, but it remained unclear when the passengers could leave. High waves whipped up by the storm also flooded parts of the airport, where all flights were cancelled, and the severe weather caused power outages and travel chaos across much of the country. Typhoon Jebi made landfall around noon, slamming into the west of the country with winds of up to 216 kilometres per hour. The fast-moving storm quickly crossed the mainland, and by nightfall was heading out to sea from Ishikawa in central Japan. News agencies Kyodo and Jiji both reported seven dead. According to public broadcaster NHK, the deaths included a 71-year-old man killed in western Shiga prefecture after… Read full this story
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