.Typhoon Shanshan is actually blowing up Japan with torrential rain, brutal winds The Washington PostJapan advises 1 thousand to vacate as lumbering Tropical cyclone Shanshan endangers south along with approximately a meter of storm CNNTyphoon Shanshan: Japan plans for 'primary catastrophe' as tornado produces landfall The GuardianDozens wounded, electrical power cut as Hurricane Shanshan reaches southern Asia Al Jazeera English.