Japan warily eyes typhoon

Flood-battered southwestern Japan yesterday braced for a typhoon amid fears it could heap further misery on an area where at least 32 people are dead or missing after record rainfall.
Typhoon Khanun was lashing the Amami island chain, south of Kyushu, where four days of torrential rain sparked landslides and flooding, forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
Khanun -- "jack fruit" in Thai -- packing winds of up to 126 kilometres (78 miles) per hour, was moving northwest and expected to graze Kyushu island through Wednesday afternoon, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.