TOKYO, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — Japan’s climate company stated on Saturday Typhoon Lan is shifting north over the Pacific close to Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, warning that the highly effective storm might come near japanese and western Japan round Tuesday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) stated that as of 6 a.m. Saturday, the storm was slowly shifting northwest over waters 150 kilometers north of Chichijima Island, with a central atmospheric strain of 940 hectopascals and winds of as much as 162 kilometers per hour close to its heart.
The storm is anticipated to proceed heading northwest over the ocean south of Japan, stated the JMA, noting that heavy rain might fall in japanese and western Japan starting Monday.
In the 24 hours by way of Tuesday morning, as much as 300 millimeters of rain is anticipated within the Tokai area, 200 millimeters in Kinki, 150 millimeters in Shikoku, 100 millimeters in Kanto-Koshin and the Izu Islands, in accordance with the company.