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Powerful typhoon hits southern Japan, the11th so far this year
A powerful typhoon hit southern Japan, bringing strong wind to the Okinawa prefecture area, local media reported on Thursday (September 1), according to the Anadolu Agency.
Typhoon Hinnamnor developed this week into the most powerful tropical cyclone recorded on Earth so far in 2022.
This is the 11th typhoon this year in Japan, however, no damage has been reported in the area so far.
The country's Meteorological Agency raised its earlier warning from a "very strong" to a "violent" typhoon Hinnamnor and said it could cause strong gusts and high tides in Okinawa, Kyodo News Agency reported.
AccuWeather meteorologists warn the typhoon will cause life-threatening flooding, destructive wind gusts as high as 185 mph, and disruptions to the energy and commerce sectors across the southern islands of Japan and parts of South Korea.
Meanwhile, the South Korean weather agency also issued a warning about a super strong typhoon approaching the Korean Peninsula next week.
According to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), typhoon Hinnamnor could move quickly northward to reach the south of Jeju's southern port city of Seogwipo by next Tuesday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The agency forecast that the typhoon could cause a storm with a maximum wind speed of 44 meters per second to 54 mps (177 feet mps) and can blow people or large stones away, according to the report.
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With warm ocean waters and light wind shear in its path, Hinnamnor is expected to maintain its intensity, and even strengthen into late week.
AccuWeather meteorologists say that Hinnamnor may strengthen to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on Thursday.
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