THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 19, 2022 at 12:40 JST
A garage that collapsed in powerful wind gusts generated by Typhoon No. 14 in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Sept. 19 (Takeshi Nakajima)
Around 294,000 homes were without power in the southernmost main island of Kyushu early Sept. 19 due to one of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit Japan.
Nearly all train services across Kyushu were suspended from daybreak to avoid the full brunt of the storm, the 14th of the season, as it moved from south to north there, unleashing exceptionally strong wind gusts and pounding rain.
Homes without power as of 7 a.m. on Sept. 19 include around 108,000 in Kagoshima Prefecture and 82,000 or so in Miyazaki Prefecture, according to Kyushu Electric Power Co.
Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) suspended train runs on conventional lines as well as bullet train services on the Kyushu Shinkansen Line linking Fukuoka and Kagoshima prefectures.
Subway services in Fukuoka and those offered by Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. were also canceled.
Disruptions in railway services were not limited to Kyushu, however.
West Railway Co. (JR West) also suspended bullet train services between Hakata Station in Fukuoka and Hiroshima Station from the first scheduled run of the day.
Shops in commercial complexes around Fukuoka Station were shuttered to avoid storm damage, while few pedestrians were out and about on the morning of Sept. 19 even though the rain and wind had weakened.
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