Typhoon Cimaron expected to bring 600-800 mm (23-32 inches) of rain to flood-battered western Japan
A powerful typhoon was expected to make landfall in western Japan Thursday, raising the risk of more hardship for a region battered by deadly floods in July, and prompting authorities to issue evacuation advisories for more than 60,000 people.
The center of Typhoon Cimaron was about 200 km (125 miles) south of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) and heading north-northwest. It was likely to cut across western Japan Thursday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
“There will be heavy rain in areas that have yet to fully recover,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a meeting of the government’s disaster response headquarters. “In order to prevent a secondary disaster, do not be afraid of false alarms and evacuate early and do everything you can (to protect yourself),” he added.
