A report reaching the news desk of CEOAFRICA.com is that a powerful typhoon which passed close to Japanese capital has killed about 14 people.

According to source, officials on the island said that 13 bodies had found and more than 50 people were unaccounted for while about 400 domestic and international flights were also cancelled in the capital.

The storm was reported to have brought strong winds and record rainfall - 122mm (4.8 inches) in one hour on Wednesday morning and was reported to have caused landslides and flooding on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo.

Nearly 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate and thousands of schools shut as a result of the typhoon. Izu Oshima, a volcanic island popular with tourists, has more than 8,000 residents.