TOKYO, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — A strong storm is predicted to strategy southwest Japan throughout the weekend, probably bringing violent winds and heavy rain, Japanese climate officers stated on Friday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stated massive and highly effective Typhoon Nanmadol is predicted to maneuver near Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami area of Kagoshima Prefecture on Saturday and the southern Kyushu area on Sunday.
The climate company has warned in opposition to wind gusts, excessive waves, landslides and swollen rivers, and urged residents to organize upfront for attainable disasters triggered by the harmful storm, particularly in Okinawa, Amami, Kyushu and Shikoku.
Seas will likely be tough round Okinawa, Amami and southern Kyushu, with 10-meter-high waves anticipated on Saturday. The storm might also have an effect on japanese and northern Japan from Saturday by way of Monday, the JMA stated.
The 14th storm of the yr was touring west over the ocean south of Japan at 15 km per hour as of three:00 a.m. on Friday. It has a central atmospheric stress of 965 hectopascals and winds of as much as 35 meters per second close to the middle, with most instantaneous gusts at 50 meters per second. Violent winds of greater than 25 meters per second are blowing inside a radius of 150 km.
Nanmadol is predicted to maneuver northward over waters close to Kyushu round Monday, dumping heavy rain primarily in southern Kyushu and the Pacific facet of the Shikoku area by way of round that day.