Planes were seen struggling to land at Japan’s Fukuoka Airport on Thursday during severe weather conditions caused by a typhoon. Tropical Storm Shanshan made landfall Thursday morning on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu as a powerful typhoon. It has steadily weakened but remains just off Kyushu’s northeastern coast Friday morning.
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