Japan cancels flights as nation braces for 2 tropical storms
Key takeaways
- Two storms were set to converge above Japan, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of people.
- Storms Mekkhala and Higos were moving in from the southwest and the east, respectively, and were likely to converge over or near the main archipelago.
- Mekkhala, which was previously rated as a typhoon but was since downgraded to a severe tropical storm, already skirted past Taiwan and the Japanese island of Okinawa far to the south of the main islands on Friday.
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Two storms were set to converge above Japan, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and evacuation orders for hundreds of thousands of people.
https://p.dw.com/p/5G6b0Typhoon Mekkhala, since downgraded to a severe tropical storm, already passed close by Okinawa, far to the south of the main Japanese islands Image: Kazuki Wakasugi/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement Japan canceled more than 200 flights and suspended dozens of train services as the country braced for a pair of tropical storms approaching from different directions on Friday.
Storms Mekkhala and Higos were moving in from the southwest and the east, respectively, and were likely to converge over or near the main archipelago.