Typhoon Nanmadol introduced ferocious winds and record rainfall to elements of Japan on Monday, as one of many greatest storms to hit the nation in years killed at the least one particular person, disrupted transport and compelled some producers to droop operations.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed his departure to New York, the place he is because of ship a speech on the UN General Assembly, till Tuesday to observe the impression of the storm, media reported.
“We want to stay extremely vigilant for heavy rains, gales, excessive waves and storm surges,” a Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) official advised a news convention.
Japan’s 14th hurricane of the season made landfall close to Kagoshima metropolis late on Sunday earlier than battering the western island of Kyushu and roaring into the principle island of Honshu.
A river in Kyushu’s Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, flooding fields and roads, footage from state broadcaster NHK confirmed. Other video confirmed a riverside home hanging over a torrent, roofs ripped off buildings and billboards toppled.
NHK stated one man was killed when his automobile was submerged by a flooded river and firefighters had been making an attempt to find out if a person in his 40s was inside a hut that was buried by a landslide.
At least 69 folks had been injured, NHK stated.
About 340,000 households, most of them in Kyushu, had been without electrical energy early on Monday, the commerce ministry stated, whereas Kyushu Railway Co, stated it had halted operations on Kyushu and Japan Airline Co Ltd and ANA Holdings cancelled about 800 flights, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The storm was centred on Yamaguchi prefecture, on the western tip of Honshu, as of 0200 GMT and was heading northeast at about 15 kilometres per hour alongside the north coast, the JMA stated.
The storm would observe the coast to the north of Honshu into Tuesday earlier than shifting out over the Pacific, the company projected.
Up to 400 mm of rain was anticipated in central Japan’s Tokai area, the nation’s industrial heartland, over the subsequent 24 hours, it stated.
Toyota Motor Corp was amongst producers that stated they might idle manufacturing at some factories as a result of storm, however there have been no reviews of main injury to business.
Intermittent bouts of heavy rain lashed Tokyo however businesses within the capital had been largely working as regular.
Most colleges had been closed on Monday anyway for a public vacation.