Typhoon Nanmadol hits the Japanese island of Kyushu.
Typhoon Nanmadol brought record rainfall and wind to the southern island of Kyushu on September 18 and 19, leaving at least two people dead in Miyazaki Prefecture. One person was found drowned in a car, while another was found unconscious under the impact of a mudslide. Dozens have been injured.
The Category 4 storm is the 14th typhoon of the season. Meteorologists were initially gravely concerned by the weather predictions and issued unprecedented danger warnings. (The Japanese Meteorological Agency downgraded its warning when the storm’s power diminished.)
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a press conference on Sunday night, September 18, asking the Japanese population to exercise caution.
The powerful typhoon reached Kyushu on the evening of September 18, bringing twice as much rainfall as the average for the entire month of September and inflicting injury to life and property. It has been monitored moving up the Japanese archipelago over the coming days.
Train operations in some regions have been disrupted, and the convenience store chain 7-Eleven Holdings announced that over 800 shops would stay closed in the wake of the passing of the typhoon.
An evacuation order had been issued in 10 prefectures covering a population of over 700,000 people as of Monday evening, September 19, according to the national broadcasting network NHK.
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