shanon Millions told to evacuate as typhoon batters Japan millions are told to evacuate as typhoon shanan batters Japan causing significant chaos and Devastation Japan issues a highest level alert to over 5 million people after one of its strongest typhoons in decades at least four people have died and more than 90 are injured after typhoon shanan hit the Southwest hundreds of thousands are without power and the storm has left a trail of Destruction in its wake major car makers shut down plants and flights are canceled while high-speed train services are suspended shanan weakens to a severe tropical storm moving Northeast bringing torrential rain and severe transport disruption the Japan meteorological agency warns of landslides flooding and large scale damage with high winds reported up to 252 km