.Tropical cyclone Shanshan is blowing up Asia with torrential rain, brutal winds The Washington PostJapan advises 1 thousand to vacate as lumbering Hurricane Shanshan intimidates south with as much as a meter of storm CNNTyphoon Shanshan: Japan prepares for ‘major calamity’ as tornado makes landfall The GuardianDozens injured, power cut as Typhoon Shanshan attacks southern Asia Al Jazeera English.