Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan

TOKYO: Storm and heavy rain warnings were issued Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barreled toward Japan, after lashing the southern coast of South Korea with winds that triggered flash floods and left at least two dead.

The violent storm was moving north-northeast off the Tsushima islets chain near Japan's southern Kyushu, packing gusts of up to 180 kilometer (110 miles) per hour, Japan's weather agency said.