(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special typhoon warning
on Saturday for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of
Japan's main islands, as the region braces for a powerful and
potentially destructive super typhoon, Trend reports citing Reuters .
The warning came after the weather agency earlier in the day
urged residents to evacuate parts of the Kyushu, ahead of the
typhoon Nanmadol, expected to bring up to half a metre (20 inches)
of rain when it makes landfall on Sunday.
Nanmadol, classified as a super typhoon by the U.S. Navy's Joint
Typhoon Warning Center, has the potential to be the most
destructive tropical storm to strike Japan in decades.
The 14th typhoon of the season was near Japan's southern
Minami-Daito Island heading northwest at 20 kph (12 mph) on
Saturday afternoon. Winds at the centre of the storm were blowing
at 198 kph (123 mph) and gusting up to 270 kph (167 mph), according
to the JMA.
'Unprecedented' storms and rainfall could strike the area, JMA
official Ryuta Kurora said at a televised news conference, urging
residents there to evacuate before it gets dark.
Southern Kyushu could receive 500 mm (20 inches) of rain on
Sunday, while the central Tokai region could see 300 mm (12 inches)
the agency forecast.
The special typhoon warning would be the first such alert for
any prefecture north of the Okinawa island chain, domestic media
reported.
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