Oct 01 (NHK) - Typhoon Trami continues to wreak havoc across Japan after making landfall on its main island of Honshu on Sunday evening.
Meteorological agency officials are urging people to expect extremely strong winds, storm surges and torrential rain and to stay indoors.
So far, the typhoon has injured over 100 people, left one person dead and two others missing.
The Meteorological Agency said that at 4 AM, Typhoon Trami was moving northeast at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour.
The storm has a central atmospheric pressure of 970 hectopascals and is packing winds of up to 126 kilometers per hour near its center. The maximum wind speed is 180 kilometers per hour.
In the Kanto-Koshinetsu region on Japan's main island, the storm packed record-strength winds. It also could trigger storm surges along the Pacific coast. Weather officials are warning of coastal flooding.
The Kanto-Koshinetsu region and parts of Tohoku region are in the storm zone.
At midnight, wind gusts topped 164 kilometers per hour in western Tokyo's Hachioji City.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says more than 510,000 homes are without power in the Kanto-Koshinetsu region.
In Tottori prefecture, one man has died and one person has been reported missing. In Miyazaki prefecture, another man is missing. He's believed to have fallen into an irrigation ditch.
Authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than 180,000 people in parts of central and western Japan and also the northern island of Hokkaido.
Many transportation networks are down. Airlines have already canceled more than 210 domestic flights on Monday.
Operators are asking passengers to check their websites for the latest information as some future flights have already been cancelled.
Source: ANNnewsCH
