Typhoon Khanun was set to approach Japan's southernmost Okinawa islands again before changing north to hit the western main islands next week, dumping heavy rain over wide areas as it meanders, the Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Saturday.
Highlighting increased abnormal weather blamed on climate change, temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius in the city of Date in Fukushima prefecture, the highest this year in Japan.
It has an atmospheric pressure of 970 hectopascals at its centre, blowing winds of 30 metres per second , with maximum gust of 45 metres per second , according to the JMA. Rainfall of 200 to 300 mm was expected over the next 18 hours in the Shikoku, Amami and southern Kyushu regions, while 50-100 millimetres was expected in Okinawa and 100-200 mm in the northern Kyushu and Kinki regions, the JMA said.
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