More than 1.1 million people living in Japan's four southwestern prefectures were ordered to immediately evacuate on Monday due to Typhoon Haishen, which has been raging across northeast Asia over the weekend, the NHK broadcaster reported. The evacuation was ordered for Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, and recommended for another 2.3 million people in a further eight prefectures.

1 dead, 50 hurt

The typhoon also damaged buildings, flooded roads and knocked out power to thousands of homes in South Korea on Monday after battering southern Japan, killing one person and injuring 50 others.