Typhoon Trami claims two lives in Japan

Typhoon Trami took two lives as it made landfall on Sunday at 8pm near the city of Osaka.

Windspeeds of 216 kilometre per hour were reported as the storm caused major disruotion. Many flights and trains were cancelled and more than 750,000 homes have lost power.

Typhoon Trami comes within weeks of typhoon Jebi which resulted in seven deaths in early September. Jebi was the worst storm to hit Japan in 25 years.

About 120 people have been reportedly injured as a result of typhoon Trami.

National broadcaster NHK reported that one man had died in Tottori prefecture on Honshu island and another was missing on the southern island of Kyushu.

At least 84 people suffered minor injuries, many hurt by windows shattered in the driving wind, and one woman in her 60s was reported missing amid fears she was swept into a gutter.

Yuji Ueno, an official in the town of Shirahama near where Trami made landfall, said the winds were "enormous" and made it impossible to venture outside.

"We saw incredible winds and rain. I stepped outside the city hall in the afternoon, and the rain was swirling in very strong wind. Enormous wind." "It was difficult to stay standing. It was very scary," said Ueno.

Weather officials have warned of potential flooding and landslides and non-compulsory evacuation advisories have been issued to around four million residents, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Trami is the latest in a string of extreme natural events in Japan, which has suffered typhoons, flooding, earthquakes and heatwaves in recent months, claiming scores of lives and causing extensive damage.

Osaka lay close to the path of the storm and its Kansai Airport, which is situated on reclaimed land offshore and suffered extensive damage in a storm earlier in September, closed early as a precaution.

Officials piled up sandbags to avoid a repeat of flooding seen during the previous storm.