Honeymoon couple feel 'lucky' after escaping Japan's Typhoon Jebi

By Kris Jepson

A newly married couple from Hebburn, South Tyneside have told ITV News Tyne Tees they feel 'lucky' after escaping Japan's most powerful Typhoon in 25 years.

Typhoon Jebi struck Western Japan on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 300.

It damaged many buildings, tearing off roofs, overturning vehicles and cutting off power to more than 400,000 homes in Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto.

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Sean and Lauren Griffiths were on honeymoon and became stranded at the Kansai International Airport, which is situated on an island off the mainland.

They told ITV News how, at first, it just seemed "a bit windy", but soon the Typhoon started to worry them.

Once the storm had passed and wanting to find out what had happened, the couple left the airport terminal, which was now flooded and unable to operate flights.

They say none of the staff spoke English and the wifi in the building was no longer working, so they spoke to an American couple.

The tourists told them the main bridge connecting the airport to the mainland was damaged after a tanker had drifted into it, so they were stranded.

Nearly three thousand passengers were affected and many decided to sleep in the terminal building.

Sean and Lauren managed to get the last room at a hotel on the island and the next day returned to the terminal, desperate to fly off the island, but there were thousands of people with the same idea in a queue.

The couple finally got off the island and returned home late on Friday night.