A large, very strong typhoon churned toward Japan Friday, with the weather agency warning the storm would rip through the nation over the weekend, bringing violent winds and torrential rain. Typhoon Trami, packing gusts of a maximum 162 kilometers per hour near its centre, was in the Pacific spiraling slowly…
A large, very strong typhoon churned toward Japan Friday, with the weather agency warning the storm would rip through the nation over the weekend, bringing violent winds and torrential rain.
Typhoon Trami, packing gusts of a maximum 162 kilometers per hour near its centre, was in the Pacific spiraling slowly toward Japan’s southern islands.
«As it is forecast to go across Japan at a high speed, we are urging people to be vigilant» in the days ahead, Sakiko Nishioka from the meteorological agency told AFP.
The typhoon is now moving northwest slowly but is expected to turn eastward, coming very close to the islands of Okinawa and Amami on Saturday, the agency said in a statement.
«Please be on high alert against violent winds, high waves and heavy rainfall,» it said.
