The powerful Typhoon Haishen battered vast areas across Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu and southern islands of Okinawa Prefecture over the weekend, causing mudslides, blackouts, as well as suspension of shinkansen bullet train services and other transportation.
Here is a collection of photos captured by Kyodo News photographers.
Windows are taped at a commercial facility in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2020, ahead of expected powerful winds due to approaching Typhoon Haishen. (Kyodo)
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2020, shows a power pole knocked down by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen, in Saito in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2020, shows the scene of a mudslide in the village of Shiiba in Miyazaki Prefecture after Typhoon Haisen slammed southwestern Japan. Four people went missing after the mudslide struck the office of a construction firm. (Kyodo)
A crumpled building roof is seen on a street in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2020, after it was torn off a car mechanic's garage by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen. (Kyodo)
A crumpled building roof is seen on a street in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2020, after it was torn off a car mechanic's garage by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen. (Kyodo)
Photo taken Sept. 7, 2020, shows driftwood and waste near a high-speed ferry terminal in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, after powerful Typhoon Haishen passed the region. (Kyodo)
Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2020, shows the site of a mudslide in the village of Shiiba in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where rainfall of over 400 millimeters was recorded the previous day as Typhoon Haishen passed the region. A woman in her 60s, her son in his 30s and two Vietnamese male interns went missing after the mudslide. (Kyodo)
Sugar cane is leveled by strong winds due to approaching Typhoon Haishen in the village of Uken on Amami-Oshima Island, southern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2020. (Kyodo)
A mother and her son look out of a window at a makeshift shelter in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 6, 2020, as powerful Typhoon Haishen approaches southwestern and southern Japan prefectures. (Kyodo)
Message on an electronic traffic sign in Miyazaki urges residents to be on their highest alert and evacuate early as the powerful Typhoon Haishen approached on Sept. 6, 2020. (Kyodo)
Glass windows are taped at a cafe in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 6, 2020, as powerful Typhoon Haishen approaches the region. (Kyodo)
A crumpled building roof is seen on a street in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2020, after it was torn off a car mechanic's garage by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen. (Kyodo)
A tree knocked down by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen is pictured on Sept. 7, 2020, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)
Broken pieces of the exterior wall of a gymnasium are seen scattered on the ground in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 7, 2020, after they were blown off by strong winds brought by powerful Typhoon Haishen. (Kyodo)
People try to clear the roof of a house in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture, on Sept. 7, 2020, after it was torn off by powerful Typhoon Haishen that slammed southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)
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