Typhoon Phanfone Returns to Sea After Drenching Tokyo
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Rail services resumed and evacuation advisories were lifted in Tokyo after Typhoon Phanfone passed over the Japanese capital on its way back out to sea. The storm caused at least one death at a U.S. air base in Okinawa.
Heavy rain warnings remained in effect for coastal areas from the central prefecture of Aichi to Iwate in northern Japan. Phanfone was centered about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Hitachi, a coastal city north of Tokyo, as of 1:45 p.m. according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm had sustained winds of 126 kilometers (78 miles) per hour, equal to a Category 1 hurricane, the weakest on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.