Typhoon Nepartak may bring heavy rain to northeast Japan amid Olympics

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Typhoon Nepartak may bring heavy rain to northeast Japan amid Olympics

July 27, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)

 

The forecast path of Typhoon Nepartak is shown as of noon on July 27, 2021. (Image from the Japan Meteorological Agency website)

 

TOKYO -- A typhoon remains on course to make landfall in northeastern Japan from late at night on July 27 to the early morning of the following day, bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the country's northeastern and eastern areas, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.

 

A women's Olympic soccer match between Japan and Chile will take place in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on the evening of July 27, with spectators allowed inside the venue.

 

As of 3 a.m. on July 27, Typhoon Nepartak, the year's eighth tropical storm, was located east of the Kanto region that includes Tokyo and was moving west-southwest at a speed of about 25 kilometers per hour, the agency said. It had a central atmospheric pressure of 990 hectopascals.

 

The typhoon is set to move north-northwest and make landfall in northeastern Japan before moving to the Sea of Japan and being downgraded to an extratropical cyclone on July 28.

 

The JMA says the typhoon could bring rough weather in areas across northern and eastern Japan, and warned of potential mudslides, floods and rough seas.

 

The typhoon could deliver sustained winds of up to 20 meters per second (72 kilometers per hour), with gusts of up to 30 m/s (108 kph), to northern Japan's Tohoku region and eastern Japan's Kanto region through July 28. Rainfall of up to 200 millimeters is estimated for the Tohoku region, and up to 100 mm for the Kanto-Koshin region and the Hokuriku region on the Sea of Japan, in the 24 hours through 6 a.m. on July 28. Extremely heavy rain and thunder are projected through July 28.

(Mainichi)

 

 

 

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