• High waves batter a seashore at Aoshima beach in Miyazaki in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Jiji Press / AFP Photo
    High waves batter a seashore at Aoshima beach in Miyazaki in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Jiji Press / AFP Photo
  • People battle with the strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Goni in the southeastern coastal city of Busan in South Korea. Yonhap / EPA
    People battle with the strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Goni in the southeastern coastal city of Busan in South Korea. Yonhap / EPA
  • Passengers wait at Hakata station because of a suspended train service after Typhoon Goni hit Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Kyodo News / AP Photo
    Passengers wait at Hakata station because of a suspended train service after Typhoon Goni hit Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Kyodo News / AP Photo
  • A prefabricated hut topples into a street after Typhoon Goni hit Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan. AP Photo / Daiki Maeda / Kyodo News
    A prefabricated hut topples into a street after Typhoon Goni hit Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, southwestern Japan. AP Photo / Daiki Maeda / Kyodo News
  • A roadside tree is uprooted in Miyazaki in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Jiji Press / AFP Photo
    A roadside tree is uprooted in Miyazaki in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Jiji Press / AFP Photo

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Typhoon Goni creates destructive path through Japan & South Korea - in pictures

Julie Nicholson

August 25, 2015

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Japanese authorities advised 280,000 people to evacuate their homes as a typhoon lashed southern Kyushu island and western Japan on Tuesday, bringing torrential rains and winds gusting over 180 kph.

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