Following its damaging passage by means of Kyushu’s primary southwest island the day earlier than, Typhoon Nanmadol, one of many greatest storms to hit Japan in years claimed a minimum of two lives and injured virtually 70 others, based on native media.
Typhoon Nanmadol was transferring towards the town of Fukuoka on Monday morning with a wind pace of 126 km/h after making landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture, based on The Japan Times.
As it strikes northeast alongside the west coast of the principle island of Honshu, the meteorological bureau predicted that it’ll convey as a lot as 400 millimetres of rain to some areas of the area.
The company additional mentioned that the storm is forecasted to dump heavy rain on giant components of Honshu on Tuesday, resulting in dangers of floods and landslides.
In a number of components of Japan, transportation providers are being disrupted as a result of Typhoon Nanmado. Nearly 800 flights have been cancelled by Japan’s two main airways, NA Holdings and Japan Airlines.
All Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains between Hiroshima and Hakata stations have been now not operated by JR West as of Monday.
The rail company additionally mentioned that it’ll lower the quantity of bullet trains operating between Osaka and Hiroshima till Monday afternoon round 2 p.m., after which it could sequentially stop operations between the 2 main cities.
According to Kyushu Electric Power Transmission & Distribution, some 300,000 residences in Kyushu have been with out electrical energy on Monday morning.
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The uncommon “special storm, storm surge, and wave warning,” which was issued for Kagoshima Prefecture on Saturday night, has been downgraded to “warnings.”
As reported by Japan Times, a “special heavy rain warning” remains to be in impact for Miyazaki Prefecture. Due to steady rainfall, the danger of potential landslides and flooding is excessive.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has delayed a go to to New York, the place he is because of give speech on the UN General Assembly, till Tuesday, to watch the affect of the storm.
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