A powerful 6.6-magnitude quake rocked the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido Thursday, killing two people, collapsing homes, and triggering landslides that left dozens missing. Japan is still recovering from the worst typhoon to hit the country in 25 years, which struck the western part of the country on Tuesday, claiming at least 11 lives and causing major damage to the region’s main airport.
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In pictures: Strongest typhoon Jebi hits Japan
Typhoon Jebi, with winds of up to 216 kilometres (135 miles) per hour, swept a tanker anchored in Osaka Bay into a bridge and partially flooded Kansai International Airport on an island in the bay. More than 1.2 million people had been advised to leave their homes as Jebi approached the Kansai area – Japan’s industrial heartland. Around 16,000 people spent the night in shelters.
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Emirates cancels flights as typhoon batters Japan
Dubai airline says all flights in and out of Osaka Kansai International Airport have been cancelled until Thursday
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Heavy rain and landslides hit Japan – in pictures
Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely hope of finding survivors after days of deadly floods and landslides that have claimed 141 lives in one of Japan’s worst weather-related disasters for decades. With the toll mounting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled a four-country foreign trip, and he was expected to visit the disaster-hit region later this week.
