TOKYO, Aug 13 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said yesterday, Typhoon Lan is moving north over the Pacific near Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, warning that, the powerful typhoon could come close to eastern and western Japan around Tuesday.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said that, as of 6.00 a.m. yesterday, the typhoon was slowly moving north-west, over waters 150 kilometres north of Chichijima Island, with a central atmospheric pressure of 940 hectopascals, and winds of up to 162 kilometres per hour, near its centre.
The storm is expected to continue heading north-west, over the ocean south of Japan, said the JMA, noting that, heavy rain could fall in eastern and western Japan beginning tomorrow.
In the 24 hours through Tuesday morning, up to 300 millimetres of rain is expected in the Tokai region, 200 millimetres in Kinki, 150 millimetres in Shikoku, 100 millimetres in Kanto-Koshin and the Izu Islands, according to the agency.– NNN-NHK
