12 Dead as Typhoon Meari Lashes Japan

World | September 30, 2004, Thursday // 00:00
12 Dead as Typhoon Meari Lashes Japan People walk in a flooded road following a heavy rain in Tsu, Mie Prefecture. Powerful Typhoon Meari pounded Japan with heavy rain and strong winds, leaving at least 12 people dead and 12 missing, weather officials and police said. Photo by AFP

Typhoon Meari continued to lash Japan with heavy rain, leaving 12 people dead and another 12 missing, weather officials and police said. The season's 21st typhoon in the Pacific region, and the eighth to directly hit Japan, landed on Kyushu early on Wednesday.

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