Typhoon No. 25 approaches Kanto, special landslide warning announced

On the afternoon of the 21st, large and strong Typhoon No. 25 moved northeast over the North Sea off Hachijo Island in the Izu Islands and approached the Kanto region. The northern part of the archipelago, as well as Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, experienced severe storms, and the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special level 5 landslide warning for Oshima Town (Izu Oshima) in Tokyo at 12:40 p.m. No. 25 is expected to pass off the southeast coast of the Boso Peninsula on the same night, and then move away to the east after dawn on the 22nd.

[Jiji.com Weather Forecast]

This is the second time this year that a special landslide warning was issued in Oshima Town from the 7th to the 8th due to the front. Rainfall in the town in the 48 hours up to 2:40 p.m. reached 740.5 mm. Takuya Hosomi, head of the agency's forecast division, said at a press conference, ``There is an extremely high possibility that some type of disaster has already occurred in landslide-prone areas, so please immediately ensure your safety.''

In Kanto and other areas, forecast information for a linear precipitation belt was issued. The outbreak is expected to occur in the Izu Islands and Kanagawa and Yamanashi prefectures until around 9 p.m. on the 21st, and in Tokyo (excluding islands) and Ibaraki, Saitama, and Chiba prefectures until late at night.

Many flights to and from Haneda and Narita airports have been canceled due to wind and rain. In Chiba Prefecture, JR has canceled operations on some sections of the Sobu Line, Uchibo Line, and Sotobo Line, and some sections of the Ken-O Expressway and Higashi-Kanto Expressway have been closed to traffic.

At 2 p.m., No. 25 headed northeast at 30 kilometers per hour over the ocean about 50 kilometers north-northwest 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.