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A NASA satellite image taken on August 28, 2016 shows Typhoon Lionrock (12W) off the east coast of Japan (AFP Photo/)
Japan
braced Monday for a powerful typhoon -- the third in little more than a
week -- and authorities warned of heavy rain, high waves and flooding
after the previous storms killed two people.
Typhoon
Lionrock, described as "strong", was likely to come ashore northeast of
Tokyo on Tuesday before cutting across the country's main island of
Honshu and heading out to sea towards Russia and China, the Japan
Meteorological Agency said.
At
3:00 pm (0600 GMT) Monday, Lionrock was 330 kilometres (210 miles) east
of Hachijo island in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Tokyo, the agency
said.
The
typhoon, with gusts up to 216 kilometres (135 miles) per hour, was
moving northeast at 25 kilometres per hour, the agency said, and was
likely to make landfall in northeast Japan on Tuesday afternoon or
evening.
"The most significant factor will be heavy rain," agency chief forecaster Tsumoru Matsumoto told a press briefing.
"In advance of the typhoon's approach, we expect heavy rain in wide areas in eastern and northern Japan."
Authorities
have also issued warnings for high waves, strong winds and flooding for
the area, saying that those could be upgraded Tuesday.
Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, who attended a weekend Africa aid conference in
Nairobi, left Kenya hours earlier than planned to get back before the
storm hits.
Lionrock comes on the heels of two typhoons that hit Japan in the past eight days and resulted in two deaths.
The storms also caused the cancellation of hundreds of domestic flights, while train services were also disrupted.
The
agency attributed the unusual number of typhoons approaching Japan in
such a short period to a high-pressure system in the Pacific east of
Japan.
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