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TOKYO, Aug 23 (KUNA) -- Powerful typhoon Mindulle was downgraded to an extratropical cyclone over the Sea of Okhotsk on Tuesday after killing one person and injuring 62 others in Japan.
The season's ninth typhoon, which made landfall near Tokyo on Monday, landed again on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido Tuesday morning, bringing heavy rain, flooding and strong winds while sweeping across the island, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
Evacuation orders or advisories were issued for nearly 40,000 people in Hokkaido, according to the local government.
Since Monday, Mindulle also damaged houses and roads, uprooted trees and disrupted air, sea and land traffic in eastern and northeastern Japan, including the Tokyo metropolitan area. More than 500 flights, mostly to and from Tokyo's international airport, were canceled on Monday. (end).
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