As per reports, update on Typhoon Faxai in Japan as of Friday (22 August), is as follows:
• The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned that on Friday (22 August), Typhoon Faxai will bring extremely heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms to southern Kyushu, with some areas experiencing heavy rainfall.
• A linear rain band is possible in Kagoshima Prefecture, excluding Amami, by the afternoon of Friday (22 August).
• At 0800 hours on Friday (22 August), the typhoon was moving slowly northeast ward, approximately 40 kilometres south-southeast of Hyuga City. Its central pressure was 1,006 hectopascals, with maximum sustained sustained winds of 18 meters per second and maximum gusts of 25 meters per second near the centre.
• Typhoon Faxai is expected to move northeast across the Hyuga-Nada Sea and weaken into a tropical depression by the afternoon.
• As of 0500 hours on Friday (22 August), the hourly rainfall was approximately 70 millimetres (mm) near Minamisatsuma City, approximately 60 mm near Minamikyushu City, and approximately 60 mm near Higashikushira Town.
• The heaviest 24-hour rainfall expected by 0600 hours on Saturday (23 August) is 100 mm in the Satsuma region, 120 mm in the Osumi region, and 150 mm in the Tanegashima and Yakushima regions.
• As of 0900 hours on Friday (22 August), transportation disruptions continued in Kagoshima Prefecture due to the effects of Typhoon No. 12, including cancellations and suspensions.
• Kagoshima City Tram services were suspended from the first train while staff inspected the flooded tracks for safety. Services resumed at 1000 hours and city buses are operating as usual.
• According to JR Kyushu, the Nippo Line’s Nishi-Miyakonojo-Kokubu section will be suspended for the entire day.
• Services will be suspended from Kawauchi-Kagoshima on the Kagoshima Line, Kagoshima-Kokubu on the Nippo Line, and Kagoshima-Chuo-Makurazaki on the Ibusuki-Makurazaki Line from the first train until the evening. The Yoshito Line’s Miyakonojo-Yoshimatsu section is operating with reduced frequency.
• Hisatsu Orange Railway suspended services between Akune and Kawauchi from the first train, resuming services once safety is confirmed.
• Morning sea ferry services for the Tanegashima-Yakushima route’s high-speed ferries Toppy and Rocket, the Ibisukas ferry, and the Mishima ferry have been cancelled.
• The Sakurajima Ferry resumed operations from departing Kagoshima Port at 0430 hours and the Kamoike-Tarumi Ferry resumed operations from both ports at 0650 hours.
• National Route 225 from Hirakawa-cho, Kagoshima City to Kageura, Shimofukumoto-cho, and National Route 270 from Kaseda-uchiyamada, Minamisatsuma City to Iwasaki-cho, Makurazaki City have been closed since the night of Thursday (21 August) due to flooding and landslides.
