An emergency warning has been issued in Japan as typhoon Shanshan makes landfall. 800,000 residents in the path of the storm have already been advised to evacuate as authorities prepare for extensive damage.
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00:00Japan is issuing emergency warnings as Typhoon Shanshan sweeps up the country's southwest.
00:07More than 800,000 people on Kyushu Island and in the central Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures have been asked to evacuate.
00:16The storm is already lashing the country with 250 km per hour winds.
00:21Shanshan will pass over Japan's southern islands as it moves towards Tokyo in the coming days.