Hot on the heels of Typhoon Cimaron, Jebi is set to be the seventh tropical system to affect Japan this year.
Japan is bracing for a « very strong » typhoon, with authorities warning of high waves, floods and landslides, including in areas hit by deadly flooding earlier this year.
Typhoon Jebi, which at one stage was packing winds of up to 252kmph, has become the strongest tropical system so far this year.
The storm is expected to make landfall on the country’s main island on Tuesday, according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency.
« Maintaining its very strong power, the typhoon is forecast to approach Honshu, » the agency said.
The path of the typhoon appeared to cover the western Chugoku region, where record rainfall in July unleashed flooding and landslides, killing around 220 people in Japan’s worst weather-related disaster in decades.
Local media said the typhoon, which is still hundreds of kilometres away from Japan in the Pacific Ocean, is likely to become the strongest storm to hit the nation this year, despite the fact that it is now weakening.
