Typhoon No. 25 approaches Kanto and Tokai, warning of record heavy rain and strong winds

On the morning of the 21st, large and strong Typhoon No. 25 moved almost northward over the sea west of Hachijo Island in the Izu Islands. It is expected to move fairly close to the Kanto region late that same day, and then move away to the east of the Tohoku region. The Japan Meteorological Agency has called for strict vigilance on the Pacific side of Tohoku, Kanto-Koshin, and the Tokai region against landslides, flooding of low-lying areas, and rising river waters due to heavy rain. It is also necessary to be wary of strong winds and high waves.

[Jiji.com Weather Forecast]

On the same day, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special landslide warning at alert level 5 for Oshima Town (Izu Oshima) in Tokyo. Forecast information for a linear precipitation belt was also issued in the Kanto-Koshin and Tokai regions. The period during which the outbreak is likely to occur is until the evening of the 21st in Shizuoka Prefecture, until the evening in the Izu Islands, Kanagawa and Yamanashi prefectures, and until late at night in Ibaraki, Saitama, Chiba prefectures and Tokyo.

At Hachijojima Airport, a maximum instantaneous wind speed of 37.0 meters was observed just after 7:35 a.m. on the 21st. In Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, 172.0 mm of rain fell in the 12 hours ending at 8:20 a.m., setting a new record for the highest amount of rainfall for September in this area.

At 10 a.m. on the 21st, No. 25 headed northeast at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour on the sea about 110 kilometers west-southwest of Hachijo Island. The central pressure was 960 hectopascals, the maximum wind speed was 40 m/s, and the maximum instantaneous wind speed was 55 m/s. The area within a radius of 185 kilometers is an area with strong winds of 25 m/s or more, and the area within 650 km to the east and 440 km to the west is an area of ​​strong winds with winds of 15 m/s or more.

The predicted rainfall for the 24 hours up to noon on the 22nd is expected to be 250 mm in the Kanto and Tokai regions, the Izu Islands, and 150 mm in the Tohoku region.