Japan facing its strongest typhoon ever typhoon Shan Shan packed winds up to 180 km per hour over 5.2 million people have been ordered to evacuate as the storm batters the region with torrential rain and destructive gusts the typhoon has already claimed three lives with one person missing and 45 injured witness tomoki maida described the storm's Fury I've never experienced such a strong wind or tornado in my 31 years of life major industries have ground to a halt Toyota Nissan and Honda have suspended operations at their factories the storm has also knocked out power to 230,000 households across seven prefectures as Shan Shan continues its path northward at 15 kmph it's expected to hover over kushu for days before approaching Central and Eastern regions including Tokyo by the weekend and the slow movement is intensifying rainfall and prolonging damaging winds along the coast Transportation has also been chaotic Airlines have canceled nearly 800 flights while train and Ferry services face widespread suspensions please like And subscribe to bring you more bite news take care and see you next time