THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 16, 2024 at 12:13 JST
Authorities urged people to stay indoors as the season’s seventh typhoon looked set to swipe eastern and northeastern Japan.
The Japan Meteorological Agency forecast violent winds and said there was a high risk of torrential rain triggering disastrous situations, especially in the Kanto region, the Izu island chain south of Tokyo and Yamanashi Prefecture, where linear rainbands are likely to form by the evening of Aug. 16.
In the Kanto region, which includes the Tokyo area, the JMA warned residents to take precautions against airborne objects, landslides, flooding, overflowing rivers and winds strong enough to overturn a moving truck.
As of 9 a.m. on Aug. 16, strong and intensifying Typhoon No. 7 was about 100 kilometers east-northeast of Hachijojima island in the Pacific Ocean and moving northward toward Japan at around 20 kph.
The typhoon has a central pressure of 950 hectopascals, with a maximum wind speed near the center of 162 kph and a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 216 kph.
Winds of 90 kph or more were raging within a radius of 130 km from the center. Southern parts of the Izu island chain are already in the storm zone.
Rainfall is expected to reach 300 millimeters in the Kanto-Koshin region, 200 mm in the Tohoku region and 120 mm in the Tokai region over the 24 hours to 6 a.m. on Aug. 17, the agency said.
Over the 24 hours to 6 a.m. on Aug. 18, rainfall is expected to reach 100 mm in the Tohoku region.
For forecast updates, please check the JMA website.
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The predicted path of Typhoon No. 7 as of 9 a.m. on Aug. 16 (Captured from the Japan Meteorological Agency’s website)
