--- description: Japan was battered by gusting wind and driving rain as the country's most powerful typhoon in 25 years killed 11 people and injured hundreds title: Japan Assesses Damage After Strongest Typhoon in 25 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5a0a8cbf6a930f/698939778fd2ee2c9735c8ba/gettyimages-1026624932.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Japan](/tag/japan/) ## Japan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eleven Dead as Typhoon Jebi Batters the West Coast of Japan by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:48 PM CUTPublished: Sep 5, 2018 3:55 AM CUT  Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles brought down by strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 4, 2018. Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles brought down by strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 4, 2018.Jiji Press—AFP/Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 12, 2023 5:48 PM CUTPublished: Sep 5, 2018 3:55 AM CUT Japan awoke Wednesday to massive damage caused by the strongest typhoon to strike the country in a quarter of a century. At least [eleven people have died](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F23/ "undefined") and more than [300 were injured](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F07/ "undefined") since Typhoon Jebi made landfall around noon Tuesday, bringing gusts of wind and driving rain across Japan’s western coast. Dramatic videos of the storm on social media Tuesday showed winds [lifting cars](https://twitter.com/nippon%5Fen/status/1036868892046503936 "undefined"), [toppling trees](https://twitter.com/nippon%5Fen/status/1036888576628121611 "undefined"), and tearing scaffolding and [cladding](https://twitter.com/nippon%5Fen/status/1036864813803089920 "undefined") off buildings. Among of those killed are older people believed to have been blown down by wind or hit with flying or falling objects, and more than 1.6 million households [lost power](https://apnews.com/5fa853a5e6e7451595057849e52f4661/Strong-typhoon-slams-western-Japan;-2-dead,-airport-flooded "undefined") in Osaka, Kyoto and four other prefectures Tuesday, AP reports. Authorities had advised [more than 1 million people](http://time.com/5385725/japan-evacuation-typhoon-jebi/ "undefined") to evacuate and cancelled hundreds of flights as Japan braced for Typhoon Jebi, its strongest storm since 1993, which slammed into Shikoku island around midday before continuing north to Kobe on Japan’s main island of Honshu towards the Sea of Japan.  A woman using an umbrella struggles against strong wind and rain caused by Typhoon Jebi, in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 4, 2018. Hitoshi Yamada—NurPhoto/Getty Images Heavy rain and powerful wind [submerged runways](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F07/ "undefined") at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport and pinned a fuel tanker to a bridge linking the airport to the city of Izumisano, according to national broadcaster NHK. More than 3,000 people were [stranded overnight at the airport](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F04/ "undefined"), one of Japan’s busiest travel hubs, and 750 flights were cancelled Tuesday. Travelers were transported by ferry to nearby Kobe Airport Wednesday, but an additional 162 flights were scrapped. Japan’s meteorological agency said that the storm had [downgraded](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F14/ "undefined") to a low pressure system as it crossed the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, but cautioned that it was [still moving,](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20180905%5F10/ "undefined") with winds reaching 100mph, NHK reports. Weather forecasters predicted rainfall of more than 2 inches per hour in northern and eastern Japan Wednesday, and authorities are urging people to remain wary for violent gusts of wind and surging sea waves as well as landslides and flooding.  Vehicles piled in a heap due to strong winds in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan on Sept. 5, 2018, after typhoon Jebi hit the west coast of Japan. Jiji Press—AFP/Getty Images Prime Minister Shinzo Abe canceled a planned trip to Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost main island, to supervise response efforts, according to AP. At a disaster preparedness meeting on Monday, Abe [enjoined](https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98%5Fabe/actions/201809/%5F00004.html "undefined") Japanese citizens to “take action to protect your lives.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5386946/japan-typhoon-jebi-death-toll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5386946/japan-typhoon-jebi-death-toll/"},"headline":"Eleven Dead as Typhoon Jebi Batters the West Coast of Japan","datePublished":"2018-09-05T03:55:43.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T17:48:56.000Z","description":"Eleven people were killed and more than 300 injured as heavy wind and rain battered Japan","url":"https://time.com/5386946/japan-typhoon-jebi-death-toll/","keywords":["Japan","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5a0a8cbf6a930f/698939778fd2ee2c9735c8ba/gettyimages-1026624932.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5a0a8cbf6a930f/698939778fd2ee2c9735c8ba/gettyimages-1026624932.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TOPSHOT-JAPAN-WEATHER-TYPHOON","caption":"TOPSHOT-JAPAN-WEATHER-TYPHOON","creditText":"Jiji Press—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/japan/","name":"Japan"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5386946/japan-typhoon-jebi-death-toll/","name":"Eleven Dead as Typhoon Jebi Batters the West Coast of Japan"}}]}] ```