A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds Monday, leaving one person dead and another missing, as it swerved north toward Tokyo. Residential streets were flooded with muddy water from rivers, and swathes of homes lost power after Typhoon Nanmadol made landfall in the Kyushu region Sunday then weakened
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Cyclone Mary Ann: Recounting tales of horror, 30 years on
On April 29, 1991, Cyclone Mary Ann struck in the southeastern part of Bangladesh. Winds from the superstorm reached around 220 kmph, raising tidal waves rose as high as a palm tree. It was one of the deadliest tropical superstorms to hit the region since record-keeping began. The cyclone flattened villages after