Heavy rains and crashing waves hit the Pacific coast of Japan on Monday (August 14) as Typhoon Lan approaches, prompting authorities to warn people of landslides and flooding.
The typhoon is expected to make landfall Tuesday morning on the main island of Honshu and dump, by Tuesday 6 a.m. (Monday 11 p.m., Paris time), up to 40 centimeters of rain in twenty-four hours in places, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency. Some cities could experience strong gusts of wind, with a maximum speed of 162 km/h on Monday and 180 km/h on Tuesday, the agency added.
The storm could cause landslides in the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula, some 600 kilometers west of Tokyo, before heading straight for Osaka, the main metropolis in western Japan.
Flight cancellations
As of Monday, a municipality in the department of Wakayama (West) called on its elderly citizens to consider evacuating their homes to take shelter in shelters. Typhoon Lan also led to cancellations of flights and trains, as Japan is in the middle of the Obon holiday week, during which millions of people usually return to their hometowns or villages for celebrations. with family.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have planned to cancel several hundred flights on Monday and Tuesday. The Japanese high-speed train service (shinkansen) should be interrupted Tuesday on several sections, between Osaka and Nagoya (central Japan).
At 2 p.m. (7 a.m. Paris time) on Monday, Lan was 180 kilometers southeast of Cape Shionomisaki at the tip of the Kii Peninsula and was generating winds of up to 198 km/h.
