AUGUST 24 (Reuters) — Typhoon Goni lashed the southern islands of Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture on Monday (August 24) registering wind gusts of up to 255.6 kilometers an hour (158.8 miles an hour) – the strongest on record, local media reported.
The typhoon, called Typhoon 15 in Japan, knocked out power on the tropical resort island as 21,500 homes were left without electricity overnight, Japanese media said.
Japanese media footage showed traffic lights and even small cars overturned on the island.
The same typhoon also hit the north of the Philippines, causing flash floods and landslides, and killing at least nine people and displacing thousands, the national disaster agency said on Sunday (August 23).
Typhoon Goni is expected to head further north and hit the southern Japanese island of Kyushu before moving on to the Sea of Japan.
