Typhoon Nari turns into tropical cyclone

July 27, 2019

Tokyo--Typhoon Nari, the sixth typhoon this year, turned into a tropical cyclone near Gifu Prefecture in central Japan at 3 p.m. Saturday (6 a.m. GMT), after making landfall in the southern part of Mie Prefecture, also in central Japan, at around 7 a.m. the same day.

The cyclone, now heading eastward, is expected to reach the seas east of the Kanto eastern region by Sunday morning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Heavy rains struck parts of the Kinki western region, the Tokai and Hokuriku central regions and the Kanto-Koshin eastern region on Saturday afternoon. The meteorological agency is calling on people to stay on alert for heavy rain, strong winds, high waves and lightning.

The city of Mino in Gifu had a rainfall of 37.0 millimeters in an hour through 3:45 p.m., while the town of Sayo in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, experienced a rainfall of 50.0 millimeters in an hour through 4:40 p.m.

Maximum 24-hour rainfall through 6 p.m. Sunday is expected to reach 120 millimeters in the Tokai region and 100 millimeters in the Hokuriku, Kanto-Koshin and Tohoku regions.

Maximum instantaneous wind speed through Sunday is forecast at 23 meters in the Kinki, Tokai and Kanto regions as well as on the Izu islands south of Tokyo. Jiji Press