Melor Typhoon hit Japan

Melor typhoon hit Japan on Thursday, 8 October 2009, causing damage to buildings and roads, halted train services, and hundreds of canceled flights. In that event, one person was reported killed and dozens more injured by the storm this Melor. Melor reach Japan's main island, early morning Thursday, with strong winds. The rain storm that brought hurricane soaked streets and houses, uprooted trees and electric poles. The government had previously issued warnings of landslides, floods, strong winds, heavy rain and high waves.

According to Japan Meteorological Agency, after arriving near Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture, Thursday morning, the hurricane season 18 it moves to the northeast at 50 kilometers per hour at around 07.00 am local time. Dense in Tokyo, train service delay or cancel trains travel at many points. As a result, many passengers piled on the number of stations on the clock in a busy working. A total of 12 service "bullet train" Tokaido Shinkansen is also canceled. Line train hit a lot of fallen trees or inundated by water.


Toyota Motor Corp. said, the company plans to stop production at all factories in Japan this Thursday due to the hurricane. Television news showed a lot of houses damaged by landslides in the island of Okinawa and Kyushu, southern Japan."All night we were facing strong winds and heavy rains," said Vishal Jani, city officials in Matsuzaka, Mie Prefecture. However, he said there were no reports of serious damage and the sky was now clear.