TOKYO, third August, 2023 (WAM) — A big, highly effective hurricane hit Japan’s southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday, leaving one lifeless and greater than a 3rd of households with out energy, because the climate company warned of expanded harm from the slowly transferring hurricane.
According to Kyodo News Agency, no less than 35 folks had been injured, three of them severely, because of robust winds, whereas the native utility mentioned round 220,000 households had been affected by the outage at one level within the afternoon.
A 90-year-old man died in a hospital after being trapped beneath his storage that collapsed Tuesday night time, apparently because of the violent winds, police mentioned.
Typhoon Khanun, the sixth of the season, is predicted to sluggish over the East China Sea whereas sustaining its power.
While the hurricane is forecast to proceed to have an effect on Okinawa with storms and excessive waves on Thursday and past, the Japan Meteorological Agency mentioned it might additionally have an effect on areas on Japan’s southwestern most important island of Kyushu if it modifications course to the east.
The hurricane has prompted transportation disruptions, with All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines canceling a complete of over 200 flights, primarily touchdown and departing from Okinawa on Wednesday, affecting greater than 40,000 passengers.