THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 29, 2022 at 18:59 JST
The predicted path of Typhoon No. 11 as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 29 (Captured from the official website of the Japan Meteorological Agency)
Typhoon No. 11 is expected to approach close to the Ogasawara island chain, south of Tokyo, from the late afternoon of Aug. 29, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The agency is urging residents to be vigilant against possible mudslides.
The typhoon, formed on the afternoon of Aug. 28, was traveling west over waters east of Chichijima island, part of the Ogasawara islands, at a speed of about 30 kph as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 29, according to the JMA.
The agency said the typhoon has a central barometric pressure of 985 hectopascals, maximum sustained winds of 108 kph near the center and maximum instantaneous gusts of 144 kph. Winds of more than 90 kph are also blowing within a 55-kilometer radius.
The Ogasawara islands will likely be inundated with heavy rain through the early hours of Aug. 30 with up to 150 millimeters of rainfall expected for the 24-hour period through noon that day.
The typhoon is expected to approach the Okinawa and Amami regions as it develops before reaching south of the main island of Okinawa on Sept. 1, according to the JMA.
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