Tokyo [Japan], September 19 (ANI): At least two individuals died within the storm Nanmadol after the storm ripped via the primary southwest island of Kyushu a day earlier, whereas round 70 others have been injured, a neighborhood media reported.
After making landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture, storm Nanmadol was approaching town of Fukuoka on Monday morning with a wind pace of 126 km per hour, JT reported.
The meteorological company mentioned it’s anticipated to dump as a lot as 400 millimetres of rain in components of the area because it heads in a northeast path that may take it alongside the west coast of the primary island of Honshu.
The company additional mentioned that the storm is forecasted to dump heavy rain on massive components of Honshu on Tuesday, resulting in dangers of floods and landslides.
Japan’s meteorological company additionally issued a flooding advisory for Tokyo and adjoining Kanagawa Prefecture whereas massive components of Kyushu and prefectures to the northeast have been beneath a flood warning.
Meanwhile, the uncommon “special storm, storm surge, and wave warning,” which was issued for Kagoshima Prefecture on Saturday night, has been downgraded to “warnings.”However, 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, reported JT.
Typhoon Nanmado is disrupting transportation companies throughout vast areas of Japan. Japan’s two important carriers NA Holdings and Japan Airlines have cancelled practically 800 flights.
On Monday, JR West stopped operating all Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains between Hiroshima and Hakata stations.
The rail firm mentioned it would additionally scale back the variety of bullet trains working between Osaka and Hiroshima till round 2 p.m. on Monday and can droop companies in sequence thereafter between the 2 main cities.
About 300,000 houses have been with out energy on Monday morning in Kyushu, based on Kyushu Electric Power TransmissionDistribution.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida known as on individuals in Japan to evacuate promptly in the event that they “even feel the slightest danger” when he attended a gathering with ministers and senior officers in command of responding to the storm, based on JT.
Kishida additionally ordered the officers “to take all possible measures to ensure the safety and security of the people with a sense of urgency.” (ANI)