KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Powerful Typhoon Haishen approached South Korea on Monday after slamming southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that prompted evacuation warnings for millions.
On Monday morning, initial assessments suggested the storm had done less damage than feared, though hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power across much of Japan's southern Kyushu island.
In Nagasaki's Goto, four people were hurt after a shattered window flung glass into an evacuation center in the early hours of Monday morning, a local fire department official told AFP. By Monday morning, around 476,000 households were without electricity, according to Kyushu Electric Power, raising fears of heatstroke for those left without air conditioning.
Hotel Polaris in Shibushi city, Kagoshima, said all 73 of its rooms were booked out for the weekend -- the first time it had been fully booked during a typhoon. But with little sign of significant damage early Monday morning, travel was expected to resume quickly. Kim Jong Un appeared in state media over the weekend to inspect the damage and ordered 12,000 elite members of his ruling party to help with recovery efforts.
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