Typhoon Talim made landfall on the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan on Sunday morning, dumping torrential rain and grounding hundreds of flights.<br /><br />Talim, the 18th typhoon of the Pacific season, has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it’s still packing winds of more than 100 kilometres per hour.<br /><br />In Kagoshima prefecture, authorities ordered the evacuation of 230,000 people and some 1,500 households were left without power, according to broadcaster TBS.<br /><br />Authorities have warned of flash floods and landslides, as the storm could dump more than 8 centimetres of rain per hour onto some areas.<br /><br />Typhoon Talim triggers evacuations in Japan amid record rainfall https://t.co/KKWtVEFmE0 pic.twitter.com/jLJPj7Esq6— Bloomberg (@business) September 17, 2017<br /><br />#Typhoon #Talim impacting southern #Japan #Miyako island with strong winds, high storm surge and heavy rains pic.twitter.com/d1UTxmySvn— Mario Picazo (@picazomario) September 17, 2017<br /><br />Some residents huddling in emergency shelters were fearful of what may happen. Just two months ago at least 30 people were killed in the region’s worst flooding.<br /><br />“The mountains seem about to collapse. I think it will be okay but I am still scared,” one elderly Asakura resident said.<br /><br />Train services and flights were disrupted in Kyushu and the neighbouring island of Shikoku. More than 600 flights were cancelled.<br /><br />The storm is expected to rip through western and northern Japan, including the Tokyo area, through Monday.<br /><br />Talim, a Tagalog word meaning “Cutting Edge,” forced more than 200,000 people to evacuate in China earlier this week.<br /><br />Weakening typhoon slams southern Japan https://t.co/sVtLu4SeWn #japannews pic.twitter.com/ONspyFSfPf— Japan Today News (@JapanToday) September 17, 2017<br />
