One dead, six missing as typhoons hit Japan

Police said one person had died, at least six others were missing and 15 injured as a powerful typhoon lashed southern Japan with heavy rains today, disrupting air traffic, prompting the evacuation of thousands of households and leaving thousands more without electricity.

Typhoon Tokage roared north from just off the south-western main island of Shikoku with sustained winds of 89 miles per hour, the Meteorological Agency said.