THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
July 28, 2021 at 15:05 JST
Players of New Zealand, in black, and Britain enter the field for their men’s rugby sevens semifinal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 28 in Tokyo. (AP Photo)
RIFU, Miyagi Prefecture--A tropical storm dumped rain in parts of northern Japan on Wednesday after moving away from the Tokyo region and relieving the Olympic host city of a feared disruption to the games.
In Sendai, some trains were delayed and pedestrians braced themselves against the wind on the city streets.
Tropical Storm Nepartak has caused no damage so far, but the Japan Meteorological Agency urged residents to take caution against mudslides.
The storm had winds of 65 kilometers per hour and was expected to weaken and move off the western coast of Akita by Wednesday night.
The season’s eighth typhoon for Japan was near the city of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday morning, the agency said. Ishinomaki is about 400 kilometers northeast of Tokyo.
Nepartak was the first landfall in Miyagi Prefecture since 1951 when the weather agency started compiling typhoon statistics. Miyagi was part of the northeastern region deeply devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The storm was moving northwest at about 30 kilometers per hour and up to 10 centimeters of rain was forecast across the northern region in the next 24 hours.
It moved further north than initially projected, causing only limited impact on the Olympics, with some events such as surfing and rowing rescheduled. Tuesday’s women’s soccer match in Miyagi Prefecture was held as scheduled.
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