Typhoon Lan ripped across western Japan after making landfall on the Kii Peninsula on Tuesday, leaving at least 23 people injured as heavy rainfall disrupted air and train services and left tens of thousands without power.
After making landfall near Cape Shionomisaki in Wakayama Prefecture, the typhoon traversed northward across the country’s main island of Honshu, bringing localized torrential rain from Tottori to Okayama prefectures, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
The agency in the evening issued a heavy rain warning for Tottori Prefecture, with the local government in Tottori city also issuing its highest level of alert for its some 180,000 residents, Kyodo News Agency reported.
Typhoon Lan is expected to travel northward over the Sea of Japan through Thursday and approach Hokkaido in northern Japan, the agency said, while warning of heavy rainfall over a wide area from western to northern Japan and possible flooding and landslides.
Japan’s airlines canceled Tuesday over 560 flights mostly departing and arriving in western Japan, affecting more than 50,000 passengers. Also, all bullet train services between Nagoya and Shin-Osaka stations and those between Shin-Osaka and Okayama stations have been cancelled throughout Tuesday, Kyodo said. (QNA)
Source: Qatar News Agency