Typhoon Cimaron Crosses Western Japan; 13 Injured

August 24, 2018

Tokyo- Typhoon Cimaron crossed the western Japan regions of Shikoku and Kinki by early Friday morning, leaving a total of 13 people injured in western and central Japan.

The Kumano River flooded in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, inundating houses and other buildings. Evacuation advisories and orders were issued in many places.

According to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency, at least two of the 13 people were seriously injured. The injuries of the 13 people were confirmed in Osaka, Hyogo, Fukui, Mie, Shiga, Wakayama and Tokushima prefectures.

In Hyogo, a 60-meter-tall wind turbine toppled over in a park in the city of Awaji due to strong winds. This did not cause any injury.

The 20th typhoon of the year made landfall in southern Tokushima in Shikoku around 9 p.m. Thursday (noon GMT).

Traveling north, the typhoon crossed Shikoku Island and made landfall again around Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in Kinki in western Honshu Island. The typhoon reached the sea at the Tango Peninsula in Kyoto Prefecture around 2 a.m. Friday.

Typhoon Cimaron is forecast to turn into an extratropical cyclone and approach the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido by Friday night.

The Japan Meteorological Agency reported unusually heavy rains of 80-110 millimeters over one hour mainly in the Kinki region.

The village of Kamikitayama, Nara Prefecture, had a rainfall of 503.5 millimeters over the 24 hours to 2:30 a.m.

The typhoon was traveling north-northeast in the Sea of Japan at 45 kilometers per hour. At noon, it was located at a point about 270 kilometers north of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the Hokuriku central region.

The typhoon had a central atmospheric pressure of 990 hectopascals. Its maximum sustained wind speed stood at 25 meters per second and maximum instantaneous speed at 35 meters per second. Jiji Press