Typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan

TOKYO: Authorities issued storm and heavy rain warnings on Wednesday as powerful typhoon Chaba barreled toward Japan, after it hit a South Korean resort island causing flight cancellations and flooding streets.

The violent storm was moving north-northeast off the Tsushima islets chain near Japan’s southern Kyushu, packing gusts of up to 180 kilometers (110 miles) per hour, Japan’s weather agency said. It is set to hit the island of Honshu Wednesday evening before moving out into the Pacific on Thursday, the agency reported.