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Kagoshima (Japan) (AFP) – A powerful typhoon fell on Sunday on the Japanese mainland after wounded dozens of people on remote islands.
Typhoon Trami has already imposed itself in the world's third-largest economy, resulting in the suspension of high-speed train services, the cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and the removal of night train services from Tokyo.
The storm hit the city of Tanabe, south of the city of Osaka, in the west of the country, around 20 hours (1100 GMT), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Trami, with maximum gusts of 216 kilometers at the hour, is expected to cross most of the archipelago, weakening slightly but causing extreme weather conditions until Monday, forecasters said.
A total of 75 people suffered minor injuries – mostly cuts in broken glass – and one woman reportedly missing in the Miyazaki area, flooded by record rainfall and localized flooding.
According to local media reports, the woman in her 60s was reportedly carried away by gusts while she was working with her husband in their rice field.
According to the public broadcaster NHK, the authorities have sent non-mandatory evacuation notices to 1.5 million residents nationwide. They also urged the people of the country to stay at home.
Nearly 500,000 homes in western Kyushu and Okinawa have lost their electricity, local utilities said.
– 'Huge wind & # 39; –
Violent gusts and heavy rains prevented the adventure from coming out, said Yuji Ueno, a senior official from Shirahama City, Wakayama Prefecture, near Tanabe City.
"At around 2 pm, we saw incredible winds and rain, I got out of the town hall in the afternoon and the rain was swirling in very strong winds, a huge wind."
"It was hard to stay upright.It was very scary," Ueno told AFP.
As the typhoon headed east, the railway authorities took the unusual step of canceling evening train services in Tokyo, one of the busiest networks in the world, inviting passengers to to shelter inside.
The typhoon should not hit the capital head on, but there are still fears of strong winds and heavy rains on Sunday night. Some companies were already shutting down and hiding.
Trami is the latest in a series of extreme natural events in Japan that have suffered typhoons, floods, earthquakes and heatwaves in recent months, killing dozens of people and causing considerable damage.
Considered a mighty "typhoon," Trami hit Kagoshima on Sunday at the western tip of Japan, causing minor injuries, such as broken windows and gusty people.
– "It's really desert" –
Osaka was near the storm crossing and its Kansai airport, located on land recovered off the coast and having suffered significant damage during a storm earlier in September, closed two tracks .
The officials stacked sandbags to prevent the flood from recurring during the previous storm.
Sending to AFP from a hotel near the airport, British businessman Richard Swart said: "It is actually pretty hot out there, there is a lot of wind and a lot of rain. "
"The airport is closed.There are very few people and all the shops are closed.It's really desert," added Swart, 56, a native of Durham, in the north of 39. ;England.
Even from the security of the hotel, he said that he could hear the wind "screaming" on the outside.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency has warned that the typhoon will lead to high winds and torrential rains, which could trigger landslides and floods as well as lightning and tornadoes across the country.
Cities in the predicted trajectory of the typhoon were already taking precautions.
East Japan Railway stopped all rail services in Tokyo and the surrounding area at 8 pm, shortly before the typhoon hit the Japanese capital.
Some western regions are still recovering from Typhoon Jebi in early September, the most powerful typhoon that hit the country in a quarter of a century. He killed 11 people and closed Kansai airport.
Deadly record rains hit western Japan earlier this year and the country has gone through one of the hottest summers ever recorded.
Also in September, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook the island of Hokkaido in the north of the country, causing landslides and killing more than 40 people.
