Typhoon on its way to Japan expected to make landfall on Thursday
Typhoon Cimaron prompts evacuation advisories for more than 145,000 people
Tokyo — A powerful typhoon is expected to make landfall in west Japan on 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 centre of Typhoon Cimaron was about 60km south of Shikoku, the smallest of Japan’s four main islands, at 9am GMT and heading north. It was likely to cut across western Japan on Thursday evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Heavy rains and waves lashed the south-eastern coast of Shikoku, according to a live stream on public broadcaster NHK’s web site. Cities in neighbouring Osaka and Okayama prefectures issued evacuation advisories for about 85,000 residents, according to NHK. As a precaution, a bullet train service was suspended between Osaka and Hiroshima, western Japan, NHK 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 re...
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