As of noon September 6, Typhoon Haishen entered the area near the island of Amami Oshima at a speed of 25 km/h to the north. The central air pressure measured 925 hectopascals. It is expected to enter southern Kyushu this evening (Sunday). The “storm center” (暴風域 the area of a typhoon in which average wind speeds exceeds 25 m/s) is expected to reach Fukuoka Prefecture around midnight. Evacuation orders have been announced in the prefectures of Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Okinawa to 300,000 people as of 12:30 today (Sunday.) Also, level 4 evacuation warnings are active in some areas of Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima to over 2.6 million people. To prepare for the possibility of electricity blackouts and water outages, people are advised to charge their smartphones, prepare flashlights and batteries, store clean water, and finish other essential preparations before the storm’s arrival. Sources: Tenki.JP / NHK
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