Japan’s weather bureau issued its highest emergency alert for Kagoshima prefecture in Kyushu, warning people of the typhoon’s strong winds and high waves. The southern part of the island may get 600 millimetres of rain over the 24 hours through to 12pm local time on Thursday.
Japan issued its highest emergency alert as Typhoon Shanshan barrels toward the southern island of Kyushu, with the very strong storm set to bring heavy rain before making landfall.
Shanshan has maximum sustained winds of 95 knots (176 kilometres) an hour near its centre and is expected to intensify as it approaches Kyushu on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm is currently equivalent to a Category 2 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale.
