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The Yomiuri Shimbun High waves hit the breakwater at Udono Port in Kiho, Mie Prefecture, on Monday morning.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
12:22 JST, August 14, 2023 (updated at 17:15 JST)
Typhoon No. 7, also known as Lan, is expected to make landfall on the Kii Peninsula on Tuesday morning and move across the Kinki region.
The slow-paced typhoon is expected to cause storms and heavy rainfall over a wide area for an extended period.
The Japan Meteorological Agency has warned that linear precipitation bands will likely develop, bringing heavy downpours to the Kinki, Tokai, Kanto-Koshin, Shikoku and Chugoku regions through Tuesday.
According to the agency, the typhoon was moving northwestward at a speed of around 15 kph, about 260 kilometers southeast of Cape Shionomisaki, Wakayama Prefecture, as of 9 a.m. on Monday.
It was moving with a central atmospheric pressure of 965 hectopascals and a maximum wind speed of 40 meters per second near the center. The maximum instantaneous wind speed was logged at 55 meters per second, causing a storm with a wind speed of 25 meters per second or higher within a radius of 110 kilometers from the center.
