Typhoon lashes South Korea after battering southern Japan

The roof of a car factory is left on a sidewalk after a typhoon hit Fukuoka, southwestern Japan (Kyodo News via AP)

The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week damaged buildings, caused blackouts in nearly half a million homes and injured 20 people on southern Japanese islands before heading to South Korea.

The Korea Meteorological Administration warned of “very heavy rain and very strong winds” as Typhoon Haishen, packing maximum winds of 78 miles per hour, made landfall in the southeastern port city of Ulsan.