Typhoon Lan kills at least 2 in Japan; thousands asked to evacuate

The Category 4 storm was earlier heading south of Japan and later moved northeast, speeding up slightly at 50 kph, tonight

A typhoon roared towards Japan's main island on election day on Sunday, killing at least two people, prompting a warning for tens of thousands to evacuate and the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

One man was killed under scaffolding that collapsed in high winds and a fisherman was killed as he tended to his boat, Kyodo news agency said. There were a handful of minor injuries.
 

Typhoon Lan, classified as an intense Category 4 storm by the Tropical Storm Risk monitoring site, was south of Japan and was moving northeast at 50 kph on Sunday night, speeding up slightly, the