Typhoon Khanun pounded Japan's southwestern Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures with heavy rain and gusty winds for a second straight day on Thursday( 03 August 2023), leaving two dead and moving so slowly its damaging impact could be prolonged.

• Khanun, which means "jackfruit" in Thai, was heading slowly northwest in the East China Sea as of early afternoon, with sustained winds of 162 kph (100 mph) and gusts of up to 234 kph (145 mph), the Japan Meteorological Agency said, adding that they no longer forecast it to directly hit China.
• At least 62 people in Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures were injured, NHK added.
• With power lines down, roughly 166,000 households in Okinawa, a tropical island chain some 1,600 km (1,000 miles) southwest of Japan's capital Tokyo, had lost electricity as of Thursday morning.