Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move to safety as a slow-moving typhoon crossed Japan’s main island of Honshu not far from the ancient capital of Kyoto, cutting off power to tens of thousands of homes.

Typhoon Lan, approaching from the Pacific Ocean, made landfall early on Tuesday at the southern tip of Wakayama prefecture, some 400 km (250 miles) southwest of Tokyo, bringing heavy rain and powerful winds across a wide swathe of central and western Japan as it moved north.

Authorities issued flood and landslide warnings as rivers rose to the top of their banks, with parts of some bridges washed away. Tornadoes formed in several areas but did not cause major damage.

By evening, the centre of the storm – which had weakened to tropical storm strength – was nearing the Sea of Japan, though forecasters warned concentrated rains were still possible across a wide area.

It continued to move slowly, at around 15 kilometers an hour (9.3 mph), raising the potential for flooding as rain pelted the same areas for a long time. Parts of central Japan recorded 585 mm (23 inches) of rain in the 24 hours to 7:00 p.m. (1000 GMT).

Some two dozen people were injured, with one in serious condition, NHK public television said.

Authorities said they had set up evacuation centres in safe buildings and high ground for residents across 11 prefectures whom the Fire and Disaster Management Agency told to seek shelter.

As well as the disruption to flights, the dangerous rain and wind forced the closure of some roads and the suspension of dozens of train services, although by evening on Tuesday, some roads were reopening.

The storm comes days after Typhoon Khanun hit Japan during its peak Obon holiday season, when many factories close and city-dwellers return to their home towns and villages.

Power outages hit almost 90,000 households in central and western areas, utilities said. Seven & i (3382.T) said some 210 7-Eleven convenience store outlets were shut for safety reasons.

A week after a ferocious wildfire ravaged the Maui resort town of Lahaina, search teams with cadaver dogs have combed through just a quarter of the disaster zone, as anxious people await news of hundreds of loved ones still believed to be missing.

Local, state and federal rescue workers were proceeding as fast as possible, Maui County Police Chief John Pelletier said, but there was a “reverence” that encumbered the task of finding more of the dead, which already number at least 99 people.

“It’s not just ash on your clothing when you take it off. It’s our loved ones,” Pelletier said, relating the instructions that a director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency gave rescue workers in a briefing.

“Patience, prayers, perseverance: That’s what we need,” he said at a Monday briefing, holding out hope that teams would get through 85% to 90% of the disaster zone by this weekend.

The deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years destroyed or damaged more than 2,200 buildings, 86% of them residential, causing an estimated $5.5 billion in damage, authorities said.

Even as Hawaii officials promised more help for the displaced, some Lahaina residents were taking matters into their own hands. Kanamu Balinbin, a local football coach, set up a relief camp where people who lost their homes and belongings can find water and food.

“I was devastated. I consider myself a strong leader, but it broke me,” Balindin said about his emotions after witnessing the destruction. “This is what keeps me going, helping people. A lot of us are at that stage.”

Maui County briefly relaxed rules allowing Lahaina residents back to their homes but suspended the visits on Monday after curiosity seekers clogged streets being used by rescue workers, officials said. They also feared human remains may be trampled on. One person was arrested for trespassing, Pelletier said.

Fueled by winds gusting up to 80 miles (128 km) per hour), the inferno was burning at temperatures that reached 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit (538 degrees Celsius) last Tuesday when it raced from the dry grasslands outside town into Lahaina, turning block after block into ash.

Norsk Hydro’s (NHY.OL) renewable energy unit Hydro Rein and the state-owned Norwegian Church Endowment (OVF) fund are partnering to establish a new solar power company, Geisli Energi, Hydro Rein said on Tuesday.

Hydro Rein and landowner OVF aim to develop seven solar projects with a total capacity of 655 megawatts (MW) at selected properties in Norway. Hydro Rein will be responsible for project development and construction.

Annual production at the plants, which will vary in size from 20 MW to 100 MW, is estimated to be 330 GWh, with a potential for an additional 400 GWh per year.

The new company, in which Hydro Rein will hold 49.9% and OVF 50.1%, will place the plants adjacent to suitable industrial sites, primarily in southern Norway, Tor-Ove Horstad, head of Hydro Rein in the country said.

“These will be solar parks, and they will be ground-mounted,” Horstad said.

Hydro Rein’s renewable energy portfolio consists of 26 projects under development in the Nordics and Brazil. It aims to have 3 GW in construction or operation by 2026.

“We are already building solar (plants) in Brazil and have taken stakes in solar projects in Denmark and Sweden, and we now see it’s possible to do this at a certain scale in Norway,” Horstad added.

The company said last month it had decided to abandon a consortium with Equinor (EQNR.OL) and RWE (RWEG.DE) that aims to develop an offshore windfarm in the Soerlige Nordsjoe II area in the North Sea, citing a need to prioritise other projects.

“This was a project-specific decision, and does not mean that we will not invest in offshore wind development, in Norway or other places,” he said.

Norway aims to reach 8 terawatt hours (TWh) of annual solar power production in 2030, equivalent to some 5% of the country’s average annual output of around 155 TWh.

Jubba River is one of the longest river which flows through the Federal Republic of Somalia.

With the confluence of the Dawa and Ganale Dorya Rivers at the border with Ethiopia, Jubba River flows directly towards the Indian Ocean, where it empties at the Goobweyn juncture.

Originating via its headwaters streams in the Mendebo Mountains of southern Ethiopia, it flows about 875 km (545 miles) from Doolow on the Ethiopian frontier to the Indian Ocean just north of Kismaayo, one of Somalia’s three main ports.

The total length of the Juba River is about 1,808 kilometres (1,123 miles) of which 804 kilometres (500 miles) lies in Ethiopia and 1,004 kilometres (624 miles) lies in Somalia.

The Jubba River gives its name to the Somali administrative regions of Middle Jubba and Lower Jubba, as well as to the larger historical region of Jubaland. Jubba is the only river in the area with a reliable flow all year round, even though it has a low flow from December to mid-April and from June to October.

The Jubba basin region is primarily savanna, and is, ecologically speaking, the richest part of the country due to its fertile farmland.

Native wild life include giraffes, cheetahs, lions, leopards, hyenas, buffalos, hippopotamus, crocodiles, oryx, gazelles, camels, ostriches, jackals and wild donkeys. First spotted in 1624 by the Portuguese Jesuit missionary Jerónimo Lobo, today the river is marked as the most important one in the southern part of Somalia.