Japan Prepares for Another Storm as Travel Disruptions Continue: Typhoon Lan is expected to make landfall in central Japan on Tuesday, bringing a month’s worth of rainfall in just a few days and winds capable of flipping a vehicle.
Given the probability of injuries caused by flying debris and winds of up to 180 kilometres per hour, which can uproot trees, the weather service is urging people to avoid travel that is unnecessary or will not be undertaken immediately. It also warned of exceptionally strong winds, landslides, rising water levels, river flooding, and high waves, particularly along the Pacific coast.
“The typhoon is moving slowly, and it is expected that the total rainfall (in the two regions surrounding Nagoya and Osaka) will exceed the average monthly rainfall for August,” the agency said in a Monday post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Japan Prepares for Another Storm as Travel Disruptions Continue
The Tokai region could receive up to 400 millimetres of precipitation between midnight Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday.
According to the Meteorological Agency, monday night to tuesday morning could see the development of linear precipitation zones accompanied by exceptionally heavy rainfall across the majority of the archipelago.
Since typhoon-caused rain clouds can form far from the storm’s centre, exceptionally heavy rainfall and strong winds can affect a large area.
As of Monday, Typhoon Lan was approximately 260 kilometres southeast of Cape Shionomisaki, Wakayama Prefecture, moving northwest at about 15 kilometres per hour. It is expected to make landfall around Shikoku on Tuesday, pass over Osaka on Wednesday, and then exit into the Sea of Japan on Thursday.
Ahead of the typhoon’s landfall, shinkansen services are being reduced or suspended.
On Tuesday, the Tokaido Shinkansen line between Shin-Osaka and Nagoya stations will be suspended, and service between Nagoya and Tokyo stations will be significantly reduced. On Tuesday, the Sanyo Shinkansen line between Shin-Osaka and Okayama stations will also be suspended.
Central Japan Railway and West Japan Railway will refund weather-related ticket cancellations for passengers. Monday and Wednesday service is not anticipated to be impacted.
Throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have cancelled a large number of domestic flights to and from airports serving Shizuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Tottori, Okayama, Tokushima, Takamatsu in Kagawa Prefecture, and Kochi.
According to ANA, 310 scheduled domestic flights for Tuesday have been cancelled, affecting approximately 24,600 passengers. As of Monday afternoon, none of ANA’s international flights had been cancelled.
Universal Studios Japan announced on Monday that it would shutter for the day on Tuesday. The four games scheduled for Tuesday at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture for the annual National High School Baseball Championship will be played on Wednesday.
The typhoon also affects tourists from other countries.
Marc Levy, who is visiting from Toronto for the 2023 Pokemon World Championships in Yokohama, stated that he intended to visit the Ghibli Park in Nagoya and then travel to Kyoto on Monday after the event concluded.
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