1.   But the runways were marked by multiple signs that should have been obvious, officials said, despite the gales of the approaching typhoon.

2.   But many pointed to the storms resulting from an approaching typhoon as the primary factor in the accident.

3.   China issued a storm alert for Shanghai and parts of the southeast as the approaching typhoon flooded streets with torrential rains and pounded the shores with towering waves.

4.   In Taiwan, the stock market did not open because of an approaching typhoon.

5.   Japanese police said four fishermen drowned on Tuesday in high waves off southwestern Japan caused by the approaching typhoon.

6.   Meteorologists warned Monday that an approaching typhoon was likely to dump heavy rains over wide areas of central, eastern and northern Japan.

7.   Officials said at least two domestic and two international flights from Taiwan and Hong Kong had been cancelled Sunday due to the approaching typhoon.

8.   One person was killed and two went missing Sunday as heavy rains brought on by an approaching typhoon flooded homes and sent waters gushing from streams in northeastern Japan.

9.   Search and rescue operation was hampered by high waves and strong winds because of an approaching typhoon, police said.

10.   Swirling gusts and torrential rains of the approaching typhoon may have played a role.