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Article: Strong typhoon travels through western Japan, disrupting traffic
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 21, 2004
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Strong typhoon travels through western Japan, disrupting traffic
TOKYO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A powerful typhoon traveled through
western Japan on Monday, disrupting air, land and sea travel in
Kyushu, Shikoku and the western part of Honshu.
Extremely strong winds prevailed around the center and the
southeastern side of the season's sixth typhoon, bringing the danger
of high waves, heavy rain and high tides, the Japan Meteorological
Agency said.
Typhoon Dianmu landed at Kochi Prefecture, on Shikoku at around
9:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) and moved north-northeast. It passed through
Japan's largest main island into the Sea of Japan in the afternoon.
A maximum wind velocity of 205.56 kilometers per ...