At least four people were killed and 94 were injured as Typhoon Shanshan battered Japan with strong winds and torrential rain on Aug. 29, after making landfall in the morning near the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, as a very strong storm.
While Shanshan weakened into a severe tropical storm later that day, it continued to bring heavy rain to not just Kyushu but wide areas of western and eastern Japan, prompting warnings about flooding and landslides and disrupting transportation networks across the country.
Shanshan was downgraded to a tropical depression at noon Sept. 1 as it lingered south of Mie Prefecture and slowly moved northwest. But the depression, referred to as Typhoon No. 10 by the Meteorological Agency, continued to unleash widespread heavy rain in various parts of Japan.
A report from NHK on Sept. 1 showed a strawberry farm in the city of Shizuoka that was completely flattened by a landslide.
“The entire greenhouse and strawberry fields were swept away,” the farm’s owner said, according to NHK. “We were stunned and dumbfounded when we saw the damage. I don’t think we will be able to grow strawberries anymore.” (The Japan Times)
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