High winds hit power lines in Japan's popular tourist destination Okinawa, knocking out electricity to more than 200,000 households, as powerful and slow-moving typhoon Khanun neared the country's southwestern islands.
There has been one death reported and 11 people injured.
A man died after he was crushed under a collapsed garage, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.
Nearly 700,000 people in Okinawa, which is around 1,600km southwest of Japan's capital Tokyo, were advised to evacuate, with the storm moving northwest at 10km/h, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
High winds had flipped cars in several car parks, TV footage showed.
Rain battered empty streets as trees swayed and the wind kicked up waves in a flooded street.
Some locations in Okinawa logged wind gusts of nearly 200km/h and had more than 250mm of rain in the past 24 hours, according to JMA.
Local utility company Okinawa Electric Power said about 210,000 households, or 34% of all houses covered, were experiencing power outages as of 1pm Japan time (5am Irish time), according to its website.
Kyushu Electric Power said power supply was down for 10,030 houses in Amami islands in Kagoshima prefecture, north of Okinawa.
Mobile operators SoftBank Corp and KDDI said phone and internet connections in some areas in Okinawa were disrupted due to the power outage.
In Okinawa's capital city Naha, the airport was entirely closed for a second day.
A total of 951 flights were cancelled for yesterday and today, while 35 ferry lines suspended operations, Japan's transportation ministry said.
Japan Airlines said it may ground more flights to and from airports in Okinawa tomorrow and Friday as well.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) also indicated a chance of additional cancellations.
Major courier companies Yamato Holdings and SG Holdings' Sagawa Express halted all parcel deliveries to Okinawa from other areas in Japan due to the transportation disruption.
The prefectural government office, Japan Post offices, San-A supermarkets and Aeon's grocery and drug stores in Okinawa were closed.
The storm is hitting during the peak summer tourist season, which this year has seen the number of visitors return to pre-pandemic levels.
Okinawa is frequently hit by typhoons, but usually later in the year.
Okinawa is host to the bulk of US forces in Japan, and personnel on Kadena Air Base, one of the largest installations, have been urged to take all necessary precautions.
JMA predicts the typhoon will move westward through the east China Sea toward China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces and north of Taiwan by Friday, but then turn northeastward, potentially heading to Japan's third-largest island, Kyushu.
Typhoon Khanun comes just days after the region was hit by typhoon Doksuri, which slammed northern China in one of the worst storms in over a decade and damaged rice production in the Philippines.
