Typhoon Storm in Japan: A giant 3,000-year-old pine tree located on Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan has collapsed. According to local media, the accident was caused by strong winds caused by Typhoon Shanshan. The pine was about 26 meters high and its trunk had a circumference of 8 meters, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Kyodo News. Local tour guides found it broken near its base on Saturday. Pine tree hit by storm Yakushima Island, famous for its more than a thousand-year-old Yakusugi pines, was designated a World…
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