Japan Typhoon

2022 - 9 - 19

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Rare 'special warning' issued as violent typhoon makes landfall in ... (The Guardian)

More than 7 million people urged to take refuge as Typhoon Nanmadol hits south-west of country with 150mph winds.

Japan is now in typhoon season and faces 20 such storms a year, routinely seeing heavy rains that cause landslides or flash floods. A year earlier, Typhoon Jebi shut down Kansai airport in Osaka, killing 14 people. Visibility is almost zero.” By Sunday evening, utility companies said nearly 200,000 homes across the region were without power. Rain is falling hard, too,” he told AFP. They sought to drive home their concerns about the weather system throughout the weekend.

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Powerful typhoon pounds southern Japan, with thousands evacuated (NPR)

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Nanmadol was near the southern island of Yakushima, packing maximum surface winds of 162 kilometers (101 miles) per ...

Railway operators said bullet trains on the Kyushu island have been suspended. Elsewhere in the prefecture, an elderly woman suffered a minor injury as she fell, NHK said. The agency predicted as much as 50 centimeters (20 inches) of rainfall by midday Monday, warning of flooding and landslides.

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Typhoon Nanmadol hits Japan as millions told to evacuate homes (Financial Times)

The storm made landfall near city of Kagoshima, cutting electricity for thousands and damaging buildings.

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Powerful Typhoon Pelts Japan, Tokyo Under Flood Advisory (Bloomberg)

A powerful typhoon barreled through Japan's main southwest island of Kyushu on Monday, unleashing torrential rains and lashing winds that downed power lines ...

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Typhoon Nanmadol snarls air, land traffic in Japan, more rain ... (Reuters)

Typhoon Nanmadol pounded western Japan with heavy rain and strong winds on Monday, forcing airlines to cancel flights, snarling train operations and leaving ...

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Typhoon Nanmadol pounds Japan (New Zealand Herald)

A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday pounding the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralysing ground and ...

Public transport including trains and buses in many areas on the Kyushu island was suspended throughout Sunday. It also alerted residents in the affected areas of "unprecedented" levels of powerful winds and waves, urging them to evacuate early. By Sunday night, 216,450 homes were without electricity, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co. NHK national television said 15 people had been injured, citing its own tally. Local officials said several people had been injured. A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday pounding the region with strong winds and heavy rain, causing blackouts, paralysing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.

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Powerful typhoon pounds southern Japan, thousands evacuated (CNBC)

A powerful typhoon slammed ashore in southern Japan on Sunday, causing blackouts, paralyzing transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of ...

Public transportation including trains and buses in many areas on the Kyushu island was suspended throughout Sunday. It also alerted residents in the affected areas of "unprecedented" levels of powerful winds and waves, urging them to evacuate early. Footage on NHK television showed a pachinko pinball parlor with part of its glass wall shattered by the gust in Kanoya city in Kagoshima.

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Typhoon Nanmadol batters Japan with heavy rains, storms (TVP World)

Up to 400 mm of rain was expected in central Japan and about 340000 households remain without electricity.

Up to 400 mm of rain was expected in central Japan's Tokai region, the nation's industrial heartland, over the next 24 hours. About 340,000 households, most of them in Kyushu, were without electricity early on Monday. Authorities reported two casualties as well as disrupted transport and suspended operations in several regions.

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Typhoon Nanmadol slams into Japan, killing at least two (The Washington Post)

Since making landfall in southern Japan as the equivalent of a strong Category 2 hurricane, the deadly Typhoon Nanmadol has weakened — though it was still ...

[Japanese Meteorological Agency’s](https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#8/35.156/134.804/&typhoon=TC2218&contents=typhoon&lang=en) latest forecast shows the storm swirling just off Tottori prefecture in the Sea of Japan. Japan is in the midst of its Storms can form at all times of the year, but storm formation peaks from July to October. Rainfall rates of roughly 2 inches an hour are possible, with up to about 6 inches of rain forecast by the time the storm exits the region. Storm surge warnings also remain in effect for several Japanese prefectures along the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, including Ishikawa and Hyogo. Experts warned that the storm could end up being one of the most destructive typhoons in decades to strike Japan. [Tokyo](https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/warning/#area_type=offices&area_code=130000&lang=en), the worst of the storm is expected to arrive Tuesday. As Nanmadol approached the Japanese coast, photographers caught intense shots of massive waves crashing ashore. “Nothing that is mission critical.” [Heavy rainfall warnings and advisories](https://www.jma.go.jp/bosai/map.html#7/35.557/138.689/&elem=all&contents=warning&lang=en) remain in effect for much of Japan, with several inches to several feet of rain in spots expected to cause additional landslides and flooding. [Eye on the Storm](https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/09/hurricane-fiona-deluges-puerto-rico-typhoon-nandamol-hits-japan/). It hit land with winds around 110 miles per hour.

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Two dead after Typhoon Nanmadol slams southwestern Japan (1 News)

A tropical storm slammed southwestern Japan with rainfall and winds overnight, leaving two people dead as it swerved north towards Tokyo.

Convenience store chains and delivery services temporarily shuttered in southwestern Japan, while some highways were closed and people had some problems with cell phone connections. Bullet trains and airlines suspended service. Tens of thousands of people spent the night at gymnasiums and other facilities in a precautionary evacuation of vulnerable homes.

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Typhoon batters western Japan with record rain, killing two (RNZ)

Typhoon Nanmadol, one of the biggest storms to hit Japan in years, killed at least two people and brought ferocious winds and record rainfall to the west of ...

A river in Kyushu's Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, flooding fields and roads, footage from public broadcaster NHK showed. Toyota Motor Corp has suspended night shifts on 24 lines at 12 of its domestic plants on Monday, a company spokesperson said, adding that the company planned to make up for the lost production with overtime and operations on holidays. "I postponed my scheduled departure from today to take stock of the damage caused by the typhoon and to take all possible measures for recovery," Kishida told reporters on Monday evening, adding that he would leave on Tuesday morning if conditions permit.

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Typhoon batters western Japan with record rain, killing two as ... (ABC News)

Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall near Kagoshima city in Japan's south-west, killing at least two people and injuring 115 others.

The storm would track the coast to the north of Honshu into Tuesday before moving out over the Pacific, the agency projected. - The storm is projected to track the coast to the north of Honshu into Tuesday before moving out over the Pacific The storm was centred off the coast north of Shimane prefecture in western Honshu as of 4:00pm local time and was heading north-east at about 35 kph, the JMA said.

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