Typhoon drenches Japan on general election day
22 October 2017 |
1:50 pm
Tens of thousands of people across Japan were advised to evacuate, hundreds of flights were cancelled and train services were disrupted on Sunday as a typhoon roared towards the coast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds on a national election day.
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