A typhoon moving over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan could approach and make landfall on the country’s main island of Honshu on the weekend, the weather agency said Wednesday.
A typhoon moving over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan could approach and make landfall on the country’s main island of Honshu on the weekend, the weather agency said Wednesday.
As of 9 a.m., Typhoon Jongdari was traveling north-northwest near Okinotori Island with an atmospheric pressure of 998 hectopascals at its center and winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour. The season’s 12th typhoon, which was upgraded from a tropical cyclone early Wednesday, is expected to intensify force and reach waters near the Ogasawara Islands on Friday, packing winds of over 108 kph.
