Typhoon Shanshan made its landfall on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on Thursday. The typhoon brought heavy rainfall, violent wind and caused a lot of calamities including fears of flooding and landslides which left three people dead and many others injured.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) took the unprecedented step of issuing the highest warnings and advised people in the affected areas to move to community centers and other safe buildings. Kyushu was also reported as receiving rain amounting to 60 cm in 1 day.
The storm slowly moved towards the northern side and moved at a speed of 15 kph (9 mph). It had hurricane force winds amounting to 144 kph (89 mph). It was reported that the strong rain caused a landslide that destroyed one house in the Central Region City of Gamagori k3 people were killed and two others hurt.
One person was knocked off a motorcycle by a wind gust after the storm moved past the southern island of Amami, the fire and disaster management agency has said. According to 영상 at Japan broadcast corporation, s miyazaki area film shows broken building walls and broken glasses off windows of structures.
As reported by Reuters news agency, authorities have cautioned that the storm could be one of the strongest ever in the region and millions of citizens in some prefectures have been ordered to vacate their homes by the local government’s orders.
Kyushu Electric Power Co. reports that over 250,000 households in 7 prefectures are suffering from power failures.
Yoshifumi Matsumura, Japan’s Disaster Management Minister, has relayed his fears that the climatic catastrophe, in addition to other dangers, may usher in “unprecedented” fearful violent gusts of winds, towering high waves, violent surges of storm ant heavy downpours. He advised the populace especially the elderly to put safety first and take refuge whenever possible.
Consequently, with the absence of electricity, trains and hundreds of domestic flight operations grounded, the blizzard triggered comprehension disorder of the storm. It had been reported that some postal and delivery services in Kyushu areas had been inactivated, also lots of supermarkets and stores had shut down due to fears of people stocking up.
Weather defied expectation and government specialists explained that great caution should be taken to avoid serious loss because the typhoon will continue its course along the Japanese island chain in the upcoming days.
