Typhoon Hagibis: millions advised to evacuate across Japan www.theguardian.com

Hagibis is being compared to a typhoon in 1958 that killed 1,200 people and caused destruction across the Tokyo area and Shizuoka prefecture.
Emergency alerts accompanied by loud chimes are being sent directly to tens of millions of smartphones in the affected areas.
The centre of the storm is expected to hit Tokyo at about 9pm local time (1pm GMT) on Saturday.
Adding to the danger of landslides, an earthquake measuring 4 on the Japanese intensity scale, which ranges from 1 to 7, hit Chiba shortly before 6.30pm on Saturday.
Tokyo city government has opened an evacuation centre in the Ueno district for tourists stranded by the transport shutdown.