TOKYO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) — The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stated Saturday it is able to situation a particular storm warning for some areas within the nation’s southwestern area of Kyushu as an “unprecedented” storm is anticipated to method.
Large and highly effective Typhoon Nanmadol is forecast to make landfall in Kagoshima and convey document rain to the prefecture and close by areas, with the climate company calling for max vigilance as damaging winds and excessive waves are anticipated, probably triggering landslides and flooding.
The JMA stated it could situation probably the most critical storm alert as early as Saturday night for Kagoshima and different areas in Kyushu, which might be the primary such alert for Japanese prefectures aside from Okinawa.
The director of forecasts on the climate company Ryuta Kurora stated that the storm had quickly intensified since Friday night time and develop into a harmful storm like individuals have by no means skilled earlier than.
As of Saturday morning, Nanmadol, rated as giant in scale and violent, was about 200 kilometers east of Minamidaito island and transferring northwest at 10 kilometers per hour.
It was carrying winds close to its middle of 198 kilometers per hour with most gusts of as much as 270 kilometers per hour, with an atmospheric strain of 910 hectopascals at its middle.