A powerful typhoon came closer to Japan's southwestern main island Sunday and continued to move northward, engulfing nearly all of the Kyushu region in a storm zone and prompting local authorities to urge more than 8 million people to evacuate across a wide area of the country.At least 17 people were injured in Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Nagasaki prefectures due to the typhoon, a Kyodo News tally as of 10 p.m. Sunday showed. Typhoon Haishen also caused power outages in about 142,000 houses.Japan's weather agency urged maximum caution and called on the public to be vigilant over heavy…READ FULL ARTICLE
