Japanese officials have ordered more than 4 million people to seek shelter as a powerful typhoon approached the country’s southernmost main island.
Typhoon Nanmadol could be one of the most destructive tropical storms to strike Japan in recent decades, bringing damaging winds and flooding across most of the country.
The storm’s forecast track passes over much of Honshu, Japan’s main island, meaning major cities including Kyoto and Tokyo will feel its effects. The storm is projected to gradually weaken as it sweeps northeastward and will exit over the Pacific on Tuesday. When Nanmadol came ashore in Kagoshima prefecture, the southernmost point of Kyushu — the third largest of Japan’s five main islands — its pressure was fourth lowest on record for a typhoon striking the country dating back to 1951. The lower the pressure, the more intense the storm. The storm’s peak winds at landfall were estimated to be around 110 mph, according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane.
Tracks of the six typhoons that have caused at least $6 billion in damage in Japan, as rated by EM-DAT, the international disaster database.
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