Typhoon Nabi Hits Japan

Typhoon Nabi is making landfall in Japan tonight, halting some oil refinery operations off the southern coast of Japan, like Katrina did here in the U.s.

The storm was a Category 4 storm but was downgraded to Category 3 at landfall, Reuters said.

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According to AccuWeather's World Weather Summary, updated at noon Monday...

"Nabi roared just east of the the northeastern portion of the Ryuku Islands Sunday night lashing Naze on the northeastern Island of Amami with sustained winds of over 60 mph and gusts to near 90 mph. Rainfall at Naze was around 7.00 inches in the past 48 hours. Earlier, Nabi passed just east of the lone island of Minami Daito. Rainfall the past few days there was just over 10.00 inches and winds were sustained at nearly 65 mph with winds of over 35 mph lasting more than 30 hours. Nabi has already brought 10.00-15.00 inches of rain across southern Kyushu and southern Shikoku as well as the offshore islands of Tanega and Yaku."

Nabi caused heavy thunderstorms in Tokyo which caused thousands to lose power and highways to close -- and two people were killed, one by lightning and one who succumbed to flood waters, according to Reuters.

The typhoon also claimed a life in the U.S. territory of Guam, when rough seas killed a fisherman.