JAPAN ORDERS EVACUATIONS AS TYPHOON APPROACHES, CANCELS 500 FLIGHTS - TOKYO JAPAN

JAPAN ORDERS EVACUATIONS AS TYPHOON APPROACHES, CANCELS 500 FLIGHTS - TOKYO JAPAN

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TOKYO

Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ‌ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights canceled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon No. 13 approached ‌the region to bring violent winds, ⁠heavy rain and high ⁠waves.

The Category ⁠1 typhoon has maximum sustained winds ‌of 144 kph with gusts reaching 198 ⁠kph and ⁠was nearing a chain of islands between the Kyushu region and Okinawa Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

Authorities issued ⁠evacuation orders for nearly 260,000 ⁠residents in Kagoshima and Okinawa ‌prefectures, while Toyota suspended work at nine factories on Friday.

The typhoon was expected to maintain its strength as it approached ‌Okinawa Prefecture, raising the risk of winds that could damage or collapse some structures, authorities warned. A linear rain band — or a narrow band of intense precipitation and thunderstorms — could also develop, possibly ​triggering flooding, the weather agency said.

The large storm was also enveloping ‌much of the southernmost main island of Kyushu with strong winds, including Kumamoto prefecture, still reeling from ‌last week's magnitude 7.1 earthquake.

Some 6,700 ⁠Kumamoto residents remain ⁠in evacuation centers after ​many houses collapsed. The weather agency ⁠has also ‌warned of heatstroke risks with ​temperatures expected to reach 36 degrees Celsius in some areas.

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