Tokyo hunkers down as powerful typhoon sideswipes city

Thursday, October 3, 2002

TOKYO -- One of the strongest typhoons to threaten Tokyo in decades sideswiped Japan's capital late Tuesday after demolishing houses and trees, shattering windows and killing a security guard at a construction site.

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