Japan Airlines, ANA Cancel Over 100 Flights as Tropical Storms Approach
Quick Look
- Japanese airlines canceled over 100 flights on Friday due to two approaching tropical storms.
- Authorities urged evacuations in some areas, fearing flooding and landslides.
- The storms may interact, creating the Fujiwhara effect and complicating forecasts.
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Why It Matters
Two tropical storms are approaching Japan, leading to flight cancellations and evacuation advisories due to potential flooding and landslides.
Japanese airlines cancelled on Friday more than 100 flights as two tropical storms barrelled towards the archipelago, with authorities advising evacuations in some areas because of possible flooding and landslides.
The weather system was expected to skirt the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku over the weekend and potentially converge with tropical storm Higos, which was also swirling further out into the Pacific.
This could result in the atmospheric phenomenon known as the Fujiwhara effect when two storms interact, making forecasting their movements and strengths more difficult.
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways cancelled 70 and 50 flights, respectively, from and to the southern regions of Okinawa and Kagoshima.
The Kyoto region advised several thousand residents to evacuate, warning of potential landslides.
Open Questions
- Will the storms make landfall?
- What is the extent of damage?
- How will the Fujiwhara effect impact storm paths?
