Typhoon Korowan's strange path may affect many places in Japan and bring heavy rainfall
Quick Look
- Korowan has been moving in circles around Japan's Amami Islands and Ryukyu Islands for many days, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.
- The Japan Meteorological Agency predicts that it will move eastward and then north, which may affect Kyushu and the Pacific coast areas from east to west Japan.
- The front may bring heavy rainfall.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Qingdai Korowan is currently located around Okinawa. It has moved in circles near the Amami Islands and Ryukyu Islands in the past few days, causing strong winds, heavy rains and linear precipitation bands in the area.
Typhoon "Korowang" is predicted to turn eastward and then move northward, possibly towards Kyushu in the future. (Picture taken from Japan Meteorological Agency)
The path of the light platform "Korowan" is strange. Various countries predict that "Korowan" may move eastward and then turn north toward Kyushu, Japan. However, "Korowan" has been "circling" in Japan's Amami Islands and Ryukyu Islands for many days, and has brought strong winds and heavy rain to the local area. The combination of the typhoon's outer circulation and the front has also caused "linear precipitation bands" to appear in the area.
Comprehensive Japanese media reports, the Japan Meteorological Agency stated that due to the influence of the autumn rain front near the southern coast of Honshu and the "Korowan" typhoon, southern Kyushu and other places have continued to be shrouded by vigorous rain clouds since the evening of yesterday (8th). Linear precipitation belts have formed in the Amami area of Kagoshima Prefecture, and the northern part of Okinawa Main Island in Okinawa Prefecture also issued a disaster prevention alert that "linear precipitation belts are about to form."
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Typhoon "Korowan", which is currently moving south around Okinawa, is predicted to turn eastward and then move northward. It may head towards the Kyushu region in the future, and its intensity may weaken into a tropical depression.
The Japan Meteorological Agency pointed out that in addition to "Korowan", there is another tropical depression moving northward. The surrounding warm and humid air continues to flow into the front near the southern coast of Honshu. The atmospheric state is extremely unstable. The Pacific coast side of East Japan to West Japan may experience heavy rainfall this week. Today and tomorrow, in addition to southern Kyushu and the Amami region, heavy rainfall may also occur in Shikoku, Kinki, Tokai, Kanto Koshinobu region, Izu Islands and the Tohoku region.
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What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Typhoon Korowang will move eastward and then north, possibly affecting the Kyushu region
Likely · Within days
The Pacific coast side of East Japan to West Japan may experience heavy rainfall
Possible · Within days
Open Questions
- Will Typhoon Korowang finally land in Kyushu?
- Will the linear precipitation belt continue to expand to the Kanto region?
- What is the specific path and intensity of another tropical depression?







