Nearly a Million Japanese Receive Evacuation Reports Due to Typhoon

In the Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto on the island of Kyushu, more than 740 thousand residents received notifications about the desirability of evacuation, the reason was the approaching extremely strong typhoon “Champi”. As reported by national public television, in the eponymous city of Kumamoto against this background deployed 20 large collection points.

First of all, evacuation is recommended for the elderly and physically weak people.

Earlier, the authorities of Wakayama Prefecture in the central part of the Pacific coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu called for the evacuation of almost 13,000 local residents due to the threat of heavy rains caused by the influence of “Champi” – this is the Lao name for one of the varieties of tropical magnolia. This recommendation also applies primarily to older persons.

According to authorities, heavy downpours can cause flooding and landslides. The city of Wakayama, the administrative center of the eponymous prefecture, is already raining - on the streets the water almost covers the wheels of passing cars.

Typhoon "Champi" at a speed of 20 km / h moves to Japan from the zone of the Chinese coast. In Taiwan, one person died and more than 610 residents were injured.

In Japan, the US Marine was charged with murder.

The storm has shut down hundreds of homes in the north-west of England.