Powerful typhoon may hit western Japan on Tues. or Wed.

Powerful typhoon may hit western Japan on Tues. or Wed.

NAZE, Japan - High waves spray a road near Naze port on the island of Amami-Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture on Aug. 20 as powerful typhoon Pabuk moves north across the Pacific Ocean south of the Japanese archipelago. The storm may hit western Japan late Aug. 21 or early the next day.

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