Hundreds of thousands evacuated and widespread power outages due to a hurricane "Jangmee" In Japan
Caused by A violent tropical storm moving over High waves and the possibility of landslides and floods, as the hurricane moves "Jangmee"which is the first typhoon to hit the archipelago this season, moved towards the northeast after it affected the island of Okinawa on Monday.
Population Evacuation
Residents of the city of Miyazaki on the island of Kyushu, numbering about 390 thousand people, were called to evacuate their homes.
In Okinawa, scenes shown by local media showed heavy rains and strong winds that uprooted a 10-meter-tall tree. Meters.
On Tuesday morning, electricity was cut off from more than 30,000 homes in the Kagoshima region in the southwest of the country, and from 17,000 other homes in Okinawa, according to local electricity companies.
A severe tropical storm
caused "Jangmee" Currently classified as a severe tropical storm, nine people were injured in Okinawa, according to government spokesman Minoru Kihara.
NBC reported. "NHK" The injuries resulted from people falling due to the wind, in addition to objects flying onto cars.
Warning messages
In Tokyo, which is expected to be hit by the storm on Wednesday, public transport companies are broadcasting warning messages about the possibility of disruptions to traffic.
The two largest airlines in Japan have canceled, "The first Nippon Airways" and"Japan Airlines"A total of 600 flights were scheduled from Monday to Wednesday.
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