Typhoon Jebi hits Japan with violent winds and heavy rainfall

A crane is toppled due to strong winds in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture on Sept. 5, 2018, after typhoon Jebi hit the west coast of Japan.

Passengers stranded overnight at the Kansai International Airport due to typhoon Jebi queue for buses that will transport them from the airport in Izumisano city, Osaka prefecture on Sept. 5, 2018. The major airport was cut off when a huge typhoon smashed through its sole access road and was being evacuated on Sept. 5, as Japan grappled with devastation caused by its most powerful storm in a quarter of a century.

Damaged cars are seen clustered together after being blown away by strong winds from typhoon Jebi in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 5, 2018.

A man walks past a wooden house destroyed by strong winds from typhoon Jebi in Osaka, Japan on Sept. 5, 2018.

A damaged 2,591-ton tanker is towed by a tugboat from a bridge connecting Kansai International Airport in Osaka, western Japan, Sept. 5, 2018, a day after it slammed into the side of the bridge by a powerful typhoon. About 3,000 passengers stranded by Typhoon Jebi overnight at the offshore Japanese airport began returning by boat and by bus Wednesday morning over the partially damaged bridge to the mainland.

A tanker slammed into the side of a bridge connecting the airport to the mainland, damaging part of the bridge and the vessel in Osaka, Japan, Sept. 4, 2018. The strongest typhoon to hit Japan in 25 years brought violent winds, heavy rainfall and evacuation warnings.

Floods overturned vehicles in Osaka after the typhoon hit.

A pedestrian struggles against strong winds and rain generated by typhoon Jebi.

Kansai International Airport was left partially flooded after the storm.

Typhoon Jebi's strong winds made navigating the streets a struggle in Nagoya, southwestern Japan.

High winds drove the surf into the port of Aki.

Vehicles navigate through fallen trees in Nagoya.

Traffic boards and telecommunications poles were brought down by Jebi 's violent winds.

Passengers were stranded at a station in Osaka after trains were canceled because of the storm.

This truck was toppled by high winds on the Seto Ohashi bridge in Sakade on Japan's Shikoku island.

Kansai International Airport in the middle of Osaka Bay off the Honshu shore was inundated.

Floods at Kansai International Airport left hundreds of passengers stranded overnight until they could be evacuated Wednesday.

Osaka took the brunt of the most powerful storm to hit Japan in 25 years.

The storm left fallen trees and shattered glass along  Midosuji street in central Osaka.

Streets were largely deserted and shops closed after the typhoon blasted through Osaka.

Powerful surf put on in Shirahara town as the typhoon approached Monday.

Typhoon Jebi's sustained winds of 100 mph cut a path of destruction in and around Osaka.

A boy walks past an uprooted tree in Sakai.