WATCH: The Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale

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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years made landfall Tuesday, with more than a million people urged to evacuate as the storm battered the country’s west with violent winds and heavy rainfall.

Videographic explaining the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale used to rate the strength and destructive power of a hurricane.