TOKYO: Typhoon Nanmadol bore down on Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu today with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warning of gales and high waves “like never experienced before”.
The 14th typhoon of the season, classified as a super typhoon by the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center, could bring record rainfall, the JMA said, warning of the risk of rivers overflowing and landslides.
Southern Kyushu could receive 500mm of rain and wind gusts of up to 250km per hour today, while the central Tokai region could see 300mm of rain, the agency forecast.
Railway operators have cancelled trains in the region with convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan temporarily shutting around 950 stores.
The storm is forecast to curve east and pass over Japan’s main island of Honshu early next week before moving out to sea by Wednesday.