[Anchor]
Typhoon Chan-hom, the 15th typhoon of the season, is set to sweep across Japan today and tomorrow. Attention is also focused on whether it will bring much-needed rain to the Korean Peninsula, which is suffering from a severe drought. Let's go live to Tokyo, where the typhoon is about to make landfall.
Correspondent Mun Junmo, it looks like the winds are quite strong and there is a lot of rain. Has the typhoon arrived yet?
[Reporter]
The center of the typhoon is expected to make landfall in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other parts of Japan's capital region around 9 PM tonight.
Due to the influence of Typhoon Chan-hom, rain has been alternately stopping and starting since this afternoon, and the rainfall is gradually getting heavier.
As you can see, the winds are also growing stronger.
The Japan Meteorological Agency projected that after passing through Tokyo and cutting across Japan's Honshu island from east to west, Typhoon Chan-hom will turn into a tropical depression around 3 PM tomorrow and move out toward the East Sea of Korea.
Typically, typhoons passing through Japan move from west to east riding the westerlies. However, a distinctive feature of Chan-hom is that it is blocked by a strong high-pressure system to the north, causing it to take an unusual reverse path moving from east to west.
In the past, these reverse-moving typhoons have often caused damage due to heavy rainfall rather than strong winds.
While Typhoon Chan-hom is not as strong as Typhoon Dolphin, the 13th typhoon that inflicted heavy damage on China, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned people to prepare for landslides, low-lying floods, and overflowing rivers, as torrential rains of over 100 mm per day are expected in some areas through tomorrow.
Due to the strong winds and heavy rain, waves up to 7 meters high are expected along Japan's eastern Pacific coast, and 64 flights were canceled today at Haneda and Narita airports.
However, it could offer some relief to South Korea, which is experiencing an extreme drought.
The remaining moisture left behind after the typhoon dissipates will flow into the East Sea of Korea.
As a result, 20 to 60 mm of rain is forecasted for the eastern coast of Gangwon Province and the northern eastern coast of Gyeongsangbuk-do from tomorrow through the day after tomorrow.
On Thursday, up to 40 mm of rain is also expected in areas such as Busan and Ulsan.
(Video reported by Moon Hyun-jin, Video edited by Kim Byung-jik, Design by Seo Seung-hyun)
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