Japan's highest level alert remains in place for millions of people as Typhoon Shanshan continues to batter the country's southern island of Kyushu. The country's meteorological agency expects the storm to move across Japan over the weekend before reaching its capital Tokyo.
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00:00Enduring another night of torrential rain and wind in Japan as one of the strongest
00:09typhoons to hit the country in decades moved slowly from southern Kyushu up towards Japan's
00:15capital Tokyo with a population of more than 14 million.
00:21The powerful storm has already knocked out power in over 100,000 homes and halted many
00:27transport services, leaving commuters stranded.
00:31I'm in a hurry, I don't know what to do.
00:36What are you going to do now?
00:39I'm going to call my boss and find a way to get there by taxi.
00:48Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the southern island of Kyushu, packing gusts of up to 252
00:55kilometers an hour, leaving cars flipped on the side of the road and power lines knocked
01:01over.
01:04Japan has issued its highest-level alerts to more than 5 million people living in areas
01:09at risk of landslides, urging them to evacuate.
01:13For international tourists, it's a big challenge to get out, as hundreds of flights to and
01:18from southern Japan have been cancelled.
01:21If the power failures really continue to go on for the next couple of days, then we're
01:27going to be screwed and we'll be stuck here a little bit longer.
01:31This is the second typhoon to batter Japan this month.
01:35In early August, Typhoon Amphil also led to blackouts and evacuations.
01:40The Central Weather Agency expects this latest typhoon to move across Japan over the weekend,
01:46before reaching the capital, Tokyo, on the east coast of the main Honshu island.
01:51Many shops in Typhoon Shanshan's path remain closed as people take shelter, left with little
01:57choice but to wait for this storm to pass.
02:00Luffy Lee and Joyce Sun for Taiwan Plus.