Typhoon Peipah makes landfall in western Japan
Typhoon Peipah struck Kochi Prefecture on Japan’s Shikoku Island early Friday, bringing heavy rainfall and prompting weather warnings across the region, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Typhoon Peipah made landfall near Sukumo in the prefecture's southwest at around 1 a.m., after moving off the coast of Miyazaki, the capital of Miyazaki Prefecture on the main island of Kyushu, News.Az reports, citing Kyodo.
The Japan Meteorological Agency is warning of heavy rain, mudslides and flooding.
Due to forecasts of heavy rain, JR West said it will suspend some local railway services from the first train Friday, such as those between Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, and Kamo, Kyoto Prefecture.
Torrential rain was observed on the Pacific side of the southwestern and western regions, with 24-hour rainfall exceeding 400 millimeters in the town of Tsuno, Miyazaki Prefecture.
Rainfall in the 24 hours through 6 a.m. Friday is expected to reach 300 mm in the Tokai region in central Japan and 200 mm in the Kanto-Koshin area, which includes Tokyo.
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