NU Online News Service, July 20, 10:31 a.m. EDT

Typhoon Ma-on is weakening as it heads east into the Pacific after striking Tokushima Prefecture, Japan yesterday, causing less than $250 million in insured damages.

According to Guy Carpenter’s CAT-i report Ma-on struck the coast of Japan yesterday with winds topping 100 mph, bringing heavy rains to the region. The Japan Times says the storm struck 23 miles east of the southernmost tip of Kii Peninsula at 1 p.m. local time.

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