A strong hurricane bearing down on southern japan has seen the area battered by gales and torrential rain resulting in blackouts, main transport disruption and the evacuation of 1000’s of individuals.
Weather forecasters have warned of robust winds and excessive waves “like never experienced before”, with the specter of rivers overflowing and landslides.
Typhoon Nanmadol, labeled as a brilliant hurricane by the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, is slowly heading north to the nation’s major southern island of Kyushu.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) mentioned the world faces being deluged by 500mm (20in) of rain and wind gusts of as much as 155mph (250kph) on Sunday.
Nanmadol is then anticipated to show east and attain Tokyo on Tuesday earlier than shifting out to sea.
In affected areas, 1000’s of residents have taken shelter at evacuation centres.
Kyushu Electric Power Company mentioned greater than 93,000 properties throughout the island have been with out electrical energy on Sunday due to harm to energy strains.
Hundreds of home flights out and in of the area have been cancelled and extra are deliberate to be grounded in western Japan till Tuesday.
Public transport, together with rail companies and buses, have additionally been suspended together with the well-known bullet prepare.
Hundreds of retailers have closed within the face of the acute climate.
Source: information.sky.com”