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Tropical storm hits Tokyo area, leaving thousands without power before moving west
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WBAL Baltimore News
TOKYO (AP) — Tropical storm Chan-hom moved westward Wednesday after making landfall in the greater Tokyo region the night before, knocking down trees and leaving thousands of homes without power.
Five people were injured slightly — two men in the northern prefecture of Iwate and three women in Ibaraki, according to prefecture officials.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 3,000 homes were without electricity in Ibaraki and its neighboring Tochigi prefecture, according to TEPCO Power Grid.
In the Ibaraki prefecture, its popular Oarai beach was empty as it was closed due to the storm.
Tuesday’s landfall was a first by a storm or typhoon in Ibaraki since the agency started keeping record in 1951.