High waves hit a coastal area in Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday (August 28, 2024), as a typhoon is closing in. The people living there have to fight in Airports and power fails.
Japan was now on alert for high seas and mighty winds, as this big storm reverberated southeast at very slow speed threatening to cause heavy rainfall and strong gale and high winds and causing all airlines to cancel all their flights and train services operators to postpone and cancel their operation for the better part of the weekend.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency on August 28, 2024, “Typhoon Shanshan was lying right now about 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Yakushima southern island and storm headed north towards Kyushu, with about 180 kilometers (112 miles) per hour of wind inside the storm.”
The estimate puts the typhoon reaching southern Kyushu and even landfall done on Thursday to reach the 29th of August with the Tobishima Straight agency indications. The fascism recovery was expected in the region of the Kagoshima Prefecture too – high level warning against such hazards as violent winds, high waves, or heavy rain.
The Minister of Disaster Management, Yoshifumi Matsumura, while addressing a taskforce meeting on Wednesday, August 28,2013, residents in the path Shanshan’s forecasting maps should take further measures early in saving their lives for example by checking their nearest shelters.
Matsumura insisted residents in the particular the elderly especially were made urged not to think twice and move toward structurally safe areas as there is a possible sign of threat. Less than three weeks ago, the Government also called off its annual earthquake drills Sunday in order to conserve disaster preparedness agreements.
As of now, no damages nor injuries have been recorded from the typhon.
Several domestic flights connecting the southwestern cities and islands will remain canceled till Friday. JR brands had reported that about Wednesday the eighth of August, two thousand and twenty-four, travelling on bullet trains and other local trains were quite okay, but most traveling on Kyushu would be suspended tomorrow. Friday being the last day of the working week this week Friday may witness similar measures on Honshu main island.
In the Kyushu area as well, postal and delivery services have been also suspended, and there were made by the supermarket organizations and other shops announcements of measures to cease working relatively early.
Up to 600 millimeters of rainfall is there up to 23.6 inches that the JMA forecast for southern Kyushu within a duration of 24 hours.
