Typhoon Faxai batters Tokyo, causing evacuations, blackouts and transport chaos

Japanese capital bears brunt of 216kmh winds as 290,000 households lose power and Monday commute severely disrupted

A powerful typhoon with potentially record winds and rain has battered the Tokyo region, sparking evacuation warnings to tens of thousands, widespread blackouts and transport disruption.

Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 216kmh (134mph) made landfall in Chiba just east of the Japanese capital before dawn on Monday, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay.

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