According to Kyūshū authorities, more than 250,000 households were without electricity when the storm arrived on the island.
In Japan, the Shanshan storm has reached Japan’s southernmost main island, Kyūshū, early on Thursday Finnish time, says the Japan Meteorological Institute.
Shanshan has brought heavy rains to Japan since the beginning of the week. Early Thursday, authorities said three people were killed in a landslide in central Japan’s Aichi prefecture.
Japan’s public broadcasting company NHK says that a total of dozens of people were injured in the storm.
By Friday morning, as much as 1,100 millimeters of water is predicted to fall in the southern parts of Kyūshū in two days. In addition, the gusts brought by the storm reach more than 200 kilometers per hour.
Train services and flights have been cancelled
According to the news agency Reuters, millions of people from several prefectures have been evacuated from under the storm.
According to Kyūshū authorities, more than 250,000 households were without electricity when the storm arrived on the island.
The storm has led to the cancellation of several flights. According to news agency AFP, the cancellations affect around 25,000 people. In addition, bullet train services have had to be cancelled.
Officials warned that heavy rains could increase the risk of accidents in the western parts of the country by Friday. The storm is forecast to move from the Kyūshū region to the central and eastern parts of the country and Tokyo during the weekend.
With climate change, hurricanes occurring in the region will intensify faster, last longer in land areas and form closer to the coast, says AFP.
The news is updated.
Sources: AFP, Reuters