NU Online News Service, Sept. 21, 1:43 p.m. EDT

Typhoon Roke weakened before striking Japan today near Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture, but has still caused damage and deaths.

The storm struck as a borderline Category 1/Category 2 typhoon, according to a Guy Carpenter Cat-i bulletin. It had been approaching Japan as a Category 4 typhoon.  

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