By TAKUYA MIYANO/ Staff Writer
September 16, 2022 at 19:03 JST
Powerful Typhoon No. 14 will likely approach the Kyushu region during the three-day weekend starting on Sept. 17 before changing its course to travel eastward over the Japanese archipelago.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is urging residents to make preparations in advance as even areas far from the storm zone can expect strong winds, high waves and heavy rain.
The typhoon was traveling west-northwest over waters south of the Japanese archipelago at a speed of about 10 kph as of noon on Sept. 16 as it developed, according to the JMA.
The typhoon has a central barometric pressure of 950 hectopascals, maximum sustained winds of 162 kph near the center and packing maximum instantaneous gusts of 216 kph. Winds of more than 90 kph are blowing within a 150-kilometer radius.
The typhoon is expected to move northward over waters near Kyushu around Sept. 19, dumping heavy rain mainly in southern Kyushu and the Pacific side of the Shikoku region through around that day.
The Tokai and Amami regions as well as southern Kyushu are expected to receive up to 150 millimeters of rainfall over the 24-hour period through noon on Sept. 17.
The expected rainfall for the 24-hour period through noon on Sept. 18 is up to 300 to 500 mm in southern Kyushu; and 200 to 300 mm in Tokai, the Kinki region, Shikoku, northern Kyushu and Amami; and 100 to 200 mm in the Kanto-Koshin region.
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