TOKYO, Sept 17 (NNN-NHK) – A powerful typhoon is expected to approach southwest Japan during the weekend, likely bringing violent winds and heavy rain, Japanese weather officials said, yesterday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, large and powerful Typhoon Nanmadol is expected to move close to Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami region of Kagoshima Prefecture today, and the southern Kyushu region tomorrow.
The weather agency has warned against wind gusts, high waves, landslides and swollen rivers, and urged residents to prepare in advance, for possible disasters triggered by the dangerous typhoon, especially in Okinawa, Amami, Kyushu and Shikoku.
Seas will be rough around Okinawa, Amami and southern Kyushu, with 10-metre-high waves expected today. The storm may also affect eastern and northern Japan, from today through Monday, the JMA said.
The 14th typhoon of the year was travelling west, over the sea south of Japan, at 15 km per hour as of 3:00 a.m. on Friday. It has a central atmospheric pressure of 965 hectopascals and winds of up to 35 metres per second near the centre, with maximum instantaneous gusts at 50 metres per second. Violent winds of more than 25 metres per second are blowing within a radius of 150 km.
Nanmadol is expected to move northward, over waters near Kyushu around Monday, dumping heavy rain, mainly in southern Kyushu and the Pacific side of the Shikoku region, throughout that day.– NNN-NHK
