A strong typhoon slammed into northeastern Japan on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain and generating high waves that caused flooding along the Pacific coast.

Typhoon Lionrock made landfall near the city of Ofunato shortly before 6 pm, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, after moving up Japan's Pacific Ocean coastline.

Packing wind gusts up to 162 kilometers per hour, the storm was moving northwest at 50 km/h, it said.