more than 5 million people have been told to evacuate from their homes as typhoon shanan lashed Southwest Japan on Thursday after hovering over the southernly kushu island for the next few days the storm is expected to approach Tokyo around the weekend the country's weather agency said strong winds and heavy rain knocked out power and forced major factories to close authorities warned shanan could be one of the strongest ever storms to hit the region as they assessed the death toll and reported scores left injured Toyota suspended operations in all of its domestic plants due to the storm while Nissan Honda and Chip makers renesance and Tokyo electron also temporarily halted production at some factories the typhoon produced gusts of up to 112 mil per hour according to the weather agency around 230,000 households in seven prefectures were without power in the afternoon according to kushu electric power company however the company said there was no impact at its Sendai nuclear power plant in satu mundai city where the storm made landfall earlier on Thursday Airlines announced cancellations of nearly 800 flights train Services have been suspended in many areas of Kushi while hundreds of bus and Ferry services have also been halted according to the transport Ministry typhoon shanan is the latest harsh weather system to hit Japan following typhoon ampil which also led to blackouts and evacuations earlier this month you strong wind and heavy rain lashed Southwestern Japan overnight as hundreds of thousands of residents in the path of typhoon Sansan were ordered to evacuate officials say the storm could be one of the strongest to ever hit the region major firms like Toyota closed their factories while Airlines and rail operators cancelled some Services Sansan is barreling towards the main Southwestern island of kushu with wind G of up to 157 mph an emergency warning was issued by Japan's meteorological agency saying the typhoon could bring flooding landslides and wind strong enough to knock down some houses in gamagori rescue Personnel carried a Survivor out from under their damaged home to safety following a landslide triggered by Heavy Rain brought on by the typhoon the meteorological agency said the typhoon is expected to strike kushu over the next few days from there it's set to approach Central and Eastern regions around the weekend including Tokyo Sansan is the latest harsh weather system to hit Japan it follows last weekend's typhoon ample which also led to blackouts and evacuations for sh [Music] you [Music] speech speech for