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Tokyo is bracing itself for a deadly storm that has killed three people and forced thousands from their homes.Typhoon Man-yi has now been downgraded to a tropical storm but still carries gusts of up to 162km/h (101mph).Man-yi struck the southern islands of Kyushu and Shikoku on Saturday and is moving up the eastern coast.Man-yi is the most powerful typhoon to hit Japan in July and is expected to inundate the capital with up to 250mm (10 inches) of rain late on Sunday.The storm's sustained winds are now being measured at around 108km/h.Its victims have included an 11-year-old boy who fell into a river in Kagoshima and a 79-year-old farmer also swept into a river in Tokushima.About 70 people have been injured.More than 30,000 have been evacuated from homes along the path of the storm.Train and air services have been disrupted and highways closed.The name Man-yi was taken from a strait that now forms a reservoir in Hong Kong.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6899416.stm
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