Typhoon Haishen: four missing in Japan as storm pounds South Korea

Hundreds of thousands without power on Kyushu after winds of 140km/h and heavy rain hit the region

Four people are missing and dozens more have been injured after a powerful typhoon battered south-western Japan on Monday before making landfall on the Korean peninsula.

Typhoon Haishen left 440,000 homes without power and damaged buildings on and near the island of Kyushu.

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