Tokyo : Nine people sustained minor injuries in Okinawa prefecture as a result of Typhoon Jangmi, which was moving north toward Japan’s southwestern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday.
In a statement by the Japan Meteorological Agency, the season’s sixth typhoon was located around 110 kilometers west-southwest of Yakushima Island and moving northeast at a speed of about 35 kilometers per hour, packing winds of up to 126 kph.
Minoru Kihara, Chief Cabinet Secretary, said roughly 48,000 households in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures were affected by power outages as of 5 A.M.
On Tuesday, more than 300 flights, mainly to and from Kyushu, were canceled, the government said.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warned strong winds and heavy rain could trigger landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and overflowing rivers in the Amami region on Tuesday and in western Japan from Tuesday into Wednesday.
