Tokyo [Japan], August 2 (ANI): One individual was killed as a big, highly effective Typhoon Khanun hit Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on Wednesday, Japan-based Kyodo News reported. More than a 3rd of households have been left with out energy, because the climate company warned of expanded injury from the slowly shifting storm.
At least 35 individuals had been injured, with three of them in severe situation, attributable to robust winds, Kyodo News reported citing prefectural authorities. The native utility stated round 220,000 households had been impacted by the outage at one level within the afternoon.
A 90-year-old man died in a hospital after being trapped underneath his storage that collapsed, apparently as a result of violent winds, in accordance with police. Typhoon Khanun is predicted to gradual over the East China Sea whereas sustaining its power, in accordance with Kyodo News report.
The storm is forecast to proceed to influence Okinawa Prefecture with storms and excessive waves on Thursday and past, the Japan Meteorological Agency stated, in accordance with Kyodo News report. According to Japan Meteorological Agency, the storm may additionally influence areas on Japan’s southwestern essential island of Kyushu if it adjustments course to the east. Transportation has been disrupted attributable to storm, with All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines cancelling a complete of over 200 flights, primarily touchdown and departing from Okinawa on Wednesday, and impacting greater than 40,000 passengers, in accordance with Kyodo News report. Some flights that had been scheduled to land and depart from Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefecture on Thursday have additionally been cancelled. As of 6 pm (native time) Wednesday, the storm was west of Kume Island, shifting west-northwest at 15 kilometers per hour.
The storm had an atmospheric stress of 935 hectopascals at its middle. The storm can be anticipated to carry torrential rain, with precipitation of as much as 200 millimeters in Okinawa and 100 mm in Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima over the 24 hours via 6 pm (native time) on Thursday. (ANI)