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Typhoon Fitow Lashes Tokyo September 7, 2007
This Japanese radar loop shows the eye of Typhoon Fitow passing just to the west of Tokyo.
Typhoon Fitow made landfall on Japan’s Honshu island near Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, shortly after midnight local time on Friday.

Outer bands from the storm had already killed one person, injured 31 others and disrupted transportation services in Tokyo and surrounding areas even before the eye roared ashore.

Kyodo News International reports that a 76-year-old man clearing trees felled by strong winds In Nagano Prefecture died Thursday night after he was hit by another tree on the head.

In Tokyo, seven people were injured after a glass window broke on a train running between Koiwa and Ichikawa.

The Category 1 storm brought wind gusts of up to 74 mph (119 km/h) at Tokyo’s international airport, forcing air traffic officials to cancel numerous flights.

Rail service was also suspended in many areas around the capital.

Fitow was predicted to drench much of northern Japan before dissipating over the Kuril Islands and Far East Russia.

Typhoon Fitow Track

Radar Loop: Japan Meteorological Agency