MOSCOW (Sputnik) — As many as seven people have been injured and more than 470,000 were recommended to evacuate after the Lionrock typhoon struck in the Japanese Tohoku region in northeast, media reported Tuesday.
Municipalities in Iwate, Aomori and Miyagi prefectures have issued evacuation advisories and approximately 4,000 people have been placed in the evacuation centers, Kyodo News reported.
Power outages have affected 83,000 households in the northern part of the Honshu Island, while major carriers canceled more than 120 flights, most of them bound for or departing from northern parts of Japan.