Typhoon Megi turns on north Japan

Megi has severely disrupted transported in the region

The tropical typhoon Megi, that wreaked havoc in southern Japan and South Korea, killing 13 people in three days, has hit northern Japan's Honshu island.

The storm has caused landslides and floods and has led to the electricity for 130,000 homes being cut.

It has emptied 47mm (1.8in) of rain over some areas in an hour and created 149km/h (91mph) gusts of wind.

Megi, whose name means catfish in Korean, has now crossed the island and is heading out across the Pacific.

Japan's Meteorological Agency expects Megi to be downgraded to a tropical storm later on Friday.

Stranded schoolchildren

The latest fatality from the storm occurred when a man was struck by a flying advertising hoarding on Friday morning.

Glass from broken windows has caused a number of other injuries.

Some 700 people have been evacuated from their homes due to heavy rains, and 24 flights were cancelled.

Separately, a group of around 165 primary school students who were stranded in western Japan by a landslide have been rescued by helicopter.

Most of the 10 people killed by Typhoon Megi in Japan died in floods and mudslides, while two others were swept out to sea some 500km (310 miles) west of Tokyo.

More than 2,400 people were left homeless after Typhoon Megi lashed the southern shores of South Korea on Thursday.

Typhoons hit the region each summer, and last year's Typhoon Maemi, the strongest to hit South Korea in a century, killed at least 85 people.