A powerful typhoon Hinnamnor arrived in the south of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday, resulting in orders for residents of three municipalities to evacuate, reports BSS.
As of Saturday evening, the typhoon had caused poweroutages for more than 3,000 households in Miyakojima and Ishigaki in Okinawa.
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) warned that the typhoon will also lead to unstable atmospheric
conditions far from its course as it brings warm humid air to fronts from eastern to western Japan.
Torrential rain is predicted for large parts of Japan through Monday, with the agency warning of landslides, flooding and rising rivers.
The typhoon is expected to move north into the East China Sea from Sunday through Monday, and approach the Kyushu region in the country's southwest on Tuesday, according to the JMA.
China on Saturday raised its emergency response for flood and typhoon control to level III, as Hinnamnor approaches the country's eastern coastal areas and heads for landfall as a super
typhoon.
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