Typhoon Hagibis has already caused cancellations of two Rugby World Cup matches that were to be played Saturday.
Organizers canceled the England-France match planned in Yokohama, near Tokyo, and the New Zealand-Italy game in Toyota, in central Japan.
Hagibis, which means speed in Filipino, had maximum sustained winds of up to 168 mph and stronger gusts at noon Thursday near Chichi island in the Pacific, about 620 miles off Tokyo’s southern coast. It was moving north at 12 mph and is expected to weaken over cooler waters as it nears Japan’s main island.The Japan Meteorological Agency says the typhoon is forecast come ashore in the Tokyo area late Saturday and urged people to take precautions to avoid potentially life-threatening conditions.
The approaching typhoon is spreading fear, especially in Chiba, near Tokyo, which was hit by Typhoon Faxai last month and many residents are still recovering from damage to their homes. The typhoon tore many electrical poles and snapped cables, triggering extensive outages that lasted for weeks, contributing to heat illnesses and other health problems among elderly people.
At a winery in Yamanashi, north of Tokyo, workers picked grapes Thursday to save them from the typhoon, Japan’s NHK television said.
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