A tropical storm is ripping through Japan`s main island of Honshu, bringing heavy rain to wide areas. Two people have died and 47 others injured.
A tropical storm is ripping through Japan`s main island of Honshu, bringing heavy rain to wide areas. Two people have died and 47 others injured.
The Meteorological Agency says Noru made landfall in Wakayama Prefecture near Osaka on Monday afternoon after being downgraded from a typhoon the day before.
As of 8 AM on Tuesday, the storm was estimated to be passing through Niigata Prefecture and moving north-northeast at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour. It had a central atmospheric pressure of 985 hectopascals and was packing winds of up to 72 kilometers per hour.
