Commuter chaos after powerful typhoon hits Tokyo


Commuters wait at Shinjuku station for the resumption of trains operation after they were suspended due to typhoon Faxai in Tokyo. – AFP pic, September 9, 2019.

A POWERFUL typhoon that battered Tokyo overnight with ferocious winds and driving rain caused commuter chaos today morning, with trains halted and more than 100 flights cancelled.

Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 216kmph, made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay.


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