Mega-typhoon heading for Honshu
A large and powerful typhoon that has brought strong winds and heavy rains to Kyushu and part of Shikoku Wednesday may directly hit Shikoku and Honshu later in the day, the Meteorological Agency said. As of 10 a.m., Typhoon No. 23 was located about 100 kilometers east-southeast of Miyazaki and moving north-northeast at 45 kilometers per hour, according to the agency. The atmospheric pressure at its center was 950 hectopascals, and it packed winds up to 40 meters per second.
The typhoon is expected to approach Shikoku and central Japan to the Kanto district that includes Tokyo Wednesday night, and may directly hit one of these areas.
Over a 24-hour period until Thursday noon, the typhoon is expected to bring 350 millimeters of rain to the Tokai district comprising Aichi and Shizuoka prefectures, 250 to 300 millimeters to Kanto, Koshin, Kinki that includes Osaka and Kobe, Shikoku and Sanin, and 100 to 150 millimeters to the Sea of Japan coast of Tohoku region and Sanyo in western Honshu.
(from Mainichi Daily News)
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