Tokyo, Sept. 6 -- Tropical Storm Peipah has left 24 people wounded and 40 houses damaged in four municipalities in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, local media reported.
Early on Friday afternoon, the city government in Makinohara received reports of tiles being blown off roofs by strong winds, utility poles collapsing and other incidents, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The most harm to humans occurred in Makinohara, including three people who were severely wounded and 20 others sustaining light injuries.
Meanwhile, an agricultural greenhouse was blown away by strong winds in Yaizu City, leaving a farmer in his 40s with a severe facial fracture, the report said.
Chubu Electric Power Grid Co. said about 17,000 homes in Maki...