A powerful typhoon with potentially record winds and rain battered the Tokyo region early Monday, sparking evacuation warnings to tens of thousands, widespread blackouts and transport disruption. Typhoon Faxai, packing winds of up to 216 kilometres (134 miles) per hour, made landfall in Chiba just east of the capital before dawn, after barrelling through Tokyo Bay. “Please be on full alert against gusts and high waves and be vigilant about landslides, floods and swollen rivers,” the Japan Metereological Agency said in a statement.
