TOKYO (Kyodo) — The weather agency said Tuesday that a typhoon may make landfall in east Japan’s Kanto region including Tokyo this afternoon, warning of strong winds in the region and northeastern Japan.
Typhoon Chan-hom was located around 220 kilometers east of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, as of 10 a.m., heading west at 30 kph. It had an atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals at its center, with maximum gusts of 126 kph, according to the agency.
The year’s 15th typhoon is expected to move west across eastern Japan before weakening into a tropical depression over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday.
The agency forecast up to 180 millimeters of rain in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan, 150 mm in the Kanto-Koshin region and 100 mm in the Izu Islands in the 24 hours through 6 a.m. Wednesday.
AloJapan.com