{"id":135203,"date":"2020-09-05T22:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T13:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&p=135203&lang=en"},"modified":"2020-09-05T22:36:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-05T13:36:34","slug":"typhoon-haishen-intensifies-as-it-approaches-kyushu-river-floods-expected","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/typhoon-haishen-intensifies-as-it-approaches-kyushu-river-floods-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Typhoon Haishen Intensifies as it Approaches Kyushu – River Floods Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the latest information from the Japan Meteorological Agency (as of Saturday, Sep. 5, 20:45), Typhoon Haishen\u2019s central air pressure now measures 920 hectopascals. At this evening\u2019s press conference, the agency mentioned the increasing likelihood of a \u2018special warning\u2019 issuance for Kagoshima Prefecture. In southern Kyushu, maximum wind speeds of 45 m\/s (with gusts up to 65 m\/s) are forecasted tomorrow (Sunday). Winds of up to 40~50 m\/s (with gusts of 55~70 m\/s) are predicted in other parts of Kyushu on Sep. 7. According to a calculation by a professor at the Tokyo University of Science, the risk of river floods at rivers, including the Onga River, Chikugo River, and Yabe River, are very high should rainfall exceed 200~250 mm\/24hrs. <\/span>Sources: <\/b>JMA<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>NHK<\/span><\/a> \/ <\/span>NHK \/ RKB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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According to the latest information from the Japan Meteorological Agency (as of Saturday, Sep. 5, 20:45), Typhoon Haishen\u2019s central air pressure now measures 920 hectopascals. At this evening\u2019s press conference, the agency mentioned the increasing likelihood of a \u2018special warning\u2019 issuance for Kagoshima Prefecture. In southern Kyushu, maximum wind speeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":135204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-135203","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-environment","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/135203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}