TOKYO, Aug 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency, today, issues emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima prefecture, calling for top-level alerts among local residents, as powerful typhoon Shanshan approaches south-western Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) told a press conference that, the maximum alert was issued due to unprecedented storms and expected record-breaking rainfalls.
It also noted the possibility of issuing a heavy rain emergency warning, for the prefectures of Kagoshima and Miyazaki.
As of this afternoon, the 10th typhoon of the year was located 90 kilometres south-southwest of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima prefecture, and slowly moving northward.
It had a central pressure of 935 hectopascals, packing winds at a maximum speed of 180 kph around its centre, and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 252 kph.
The JMA also called for extreme precautions against windstorms, landslides, flooding and overflowing rivers.– NNN-NHK
