Pictures from space show typhoon Trami advancing towards Japan

A series of images taken from space on Tuesday (September 25) showed the eye of typhoon Trami as it moved towards Japan.

The photographs were taken by the European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station.

He posted the pictures with a caption, "As if somebody pulled the planet's gigantic plug."

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"Staring down the eye of yet another fierce storm. Category 5 Super Typhoon Trami is unstoppable and heading for Japan and Taiwan. Be safe down there!" he added.

A massive storm that at one point reached super typhoon size, Trami contributed to widespread flooding across Asia but has weakened considerably since moving towards Japan.

Its strength remains that of a category 3 hurricane.

Typhoon Trami is the secondto hit Japan within one month.

Earlier in the month, Japan was hit by typhoon Jebi which killed at least 11 people.

Hundreds of people were also injured. The typhoon also caused flooding at the airport in Osaka which left 7,800 people stranded on the upper floors of the terminal.

Kansai international airport one of the busiest airports of Japan has also remained closed for three days.

Jebi, the 21st typhoon of the season in the Pacific was the strongest to make landfall in Japan in 25 years causing significant disruptions in transport, besides damaging nearly 1,000 houses and establishments across several cities of the archipelago.

(With inputs from agencies)