Beijing/Tokyo, 5 September 2022 (TDI): China and Japan prepare themselves against the approaching Typhoon Hinnamnor. Authorities in Japan and eastern China suspended ferry services, classes, and flights on Sunday.
Moreover, Shanghai authorities deployed more than 50,000 police officers to aid with rescues and guide traffic away from dangerous areas.
China’s Response
On Sunday, China’s National Meteorological Center issued a yellow typhoon warning. Consequently, precautionary steps were taken up to brace the vulnerable areas against the Typhoon.
Travelling and movement of ships are stopped as a protection against the strong winds. Meanwhile, authorities also banned large outdoor and indoor gatherings around many areas.
Additionally, China Meteorological Administration activated level three emergency responses against the approaching Typhoon on 2nd September. Accordingly, relevant meteorological departments in areas like Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan were ordered to put timely and precise forecasts and refined services for the government.
Furthermore, businesses, factories, and other workplaces will also shut down in areas in danger of the Typhoon accordingly.
Typhoon in Japan
In Japan, the typhoon lashed Okinawa Island and nearby islands with heavy rain and fierce winds.
Japan’s Meteorological Agency issued that a large and powerful Typhoon Hinnamnor is heading north off Kume Island in Okinawa Prefecture. Forecasts show that the typhoon will change its course eastward to approach Kyushu on Tuesday.
Moist air from the typhoon and a rain front extending from the Korean Peninsula to the Sea of Japan is likely to keep atmospheric conditions unstable in Kyushu.
Rainfall in the 24-hour period is expected to reach 180 millimeters in southern Kyushu and Shikoku. Moreover, it will reach 150 millimeters in the Amami region and Tokai, and 120 millimeters in northern Kyushu.
The maximum wind speed will also reach 90 kilometers per hour in northern Kyushu and 83 kilometers per hour in southern Kyushu.
Powerful winds will blow around northern Kyushu on Tuesday, it will have a maximum instantaneous wind velocity of 144 to 216 kilometers per hour.
Weather officials have urged caution against mudslides, flooding in low-lying areas, swelling rivers, gusty winds, high waves as well as lightning strikes, and tornadoes.
James Reynolds, a global tropical cyclone interceptor, updated the public on Twitter about the typhoon hitting Japan. He also called for South Korea to prepare themselves as the typhoon is likely to move towards their side.
A quick update on what I’m seeing on radar, not uncommon with these massive Pacific typhoons #typhoon #hinnamnor pic.twitter.com/n9WicqR4Uo
— James Reynolds (@EarthUncutTV) September 3, 2022
Typhoon Hinnamnor
Typhoon Hinnamnor is a Category-5 hurricane and the world’s strongest tropical cyclone recorded so far this year. It blew its way past Taiwan and the Koreas with fierce winds and heavy rains. Furthermore, forecasts show that it will gradually move northward into the East China Sea with maximum sustained winds of 175 kilometers per hour.
It is the 11th tropical storm of 2022 that has developed into a typhoon. Subsequently, weathermen at the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the typhoon’s classification to “violent” on Thursday.
