Typhoon Tapah moves to Sea of Japan

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21 injured as powerful Typhoon Tapah moves to Sea of Japan
September 22, 2019 (Mainichi Japan)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Twenty-one people were injured Sunday as a powerful typhoon continued to travel northeast toward the Sea of Japan, with the weather agency warning of strong winds, heavy rain and high waves.

Typhoon Tapah is expected to approach the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions as well as the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Monday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The season's 17th typhoon has been affecting public transportation over the three-day weekend in Japan. Airlines have canceled many of Sunday's flights to and from the southwestern main island of Kyushu, while Kyushu Railway Co. has suspended some services.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190922/p2g/00m/0na/001000c

High wave, landslide warnings issued for western Japan as powerful Typhoon Tapah heads toward Sea of Japan
KYODO, BLOOMBERG, REUTERS

As of 9 p.m. Sunday, the typhoon was traveling northeast in the East China Sea some 70 km (over 40 miles) off the island of Tsushima, in Nagasaki Prefecture, at a speed of 30 kph, the agency said. It had an atmospheric pressure of 980 hectopascals at its center and was packing winds of up to 162 kph.

In the 24-hour period through 6 p.m. Monday up to 300 mm of rain is expected to fall in Shikoku, up to 200 mm in Tokai, and up to 180 mm in northern Kyushu, the agency said.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/09/22/national/high-waves-landslides-feared-western-japan-powerful-typhoon-tapah-approaches/#.XYe--y5Ki00


(Source MBC News 9.22)

MBC news has reported two storm related deaths in South Korea in the southern coastal region, 19 injuries, and 400 reports of significant property damage including overturned and beached boats, and agricultural losses due to storm damage to farmlands and orchards.

[pangaia]

1. good thing the weather girl is wearing a raincoat...