.Tropical cyclone Shanshan is actually blowing up Asia with downpour, intense winds The Washington PostJapan prompts 1 million to vacate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with as much as a meter of storm CNNTyphoon Shanshan: Asia plans for 'primary calamity' as hurricane creates landfall The GuardianDozens injured or hurt, energy cut as Tropical storm Shanshan strikes southern Japan Al Jazeera English.