Typhoon Chan-hom Makes Landfall in Eastern Honshu, Japan; Dozens of Flights Canceled at Haneda and Narita Airports

Typhoon Chan-hom, the 15th typhoon of the season, made landfall in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, around 8:00 PM on the 11th, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

This marks the first time a typhoon has made landfall in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, since comparable statistics began being compiled in Japan in 1951.

Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to cut across Honshu westward the following day, the 12th, and move out into the East Sea.

As the typhoon is taking an unusual path, the Japan Meteorological Agency has issued warnings, urging caution against potential damage from strong winds and high waves in the Kanto region of eastern Honshu, including Tokyo, and the coastal areas of the Tohoku region in northeastern Honshu.

Typhoon Chan-hom has a central pressure of 980 hPa, with a maximum wind speed of 25 meters per second near its center and maximum instantaneous wind speeds reaching 35 meters per second.

Strong winds of 15 meters per second or higher are blowing within a 500-kilometer radius to the northeast and a 330-kilometer radius to the southwest of the typhoon's center.

A maximum instantaneous wind speed of 29.3 meters was recorded in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture, for about three hours starting at 4:30 PM that day.

In Omotesando, a bustling shopping district in Tokyo, a street tree was knocked down by strong winds believed to be caused by the typhoon, temporarily restricting pedestrian traffic in the area.

The Japan Meteorological Agency forecasted that heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning will batter a wide area stretching from Tohoku to western Japan from today through the following day.

Over the 24-hour period until the evening of the 12th, expected rainfall is projected to reach 180 mm in the Kanto-Koshin region (the capital area of Kanto and the western inland prefectures of Yamanashi and Nagano) and 150 mm in the Tohoku region.

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged vigilance against landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, river overflows, and damage from lightning and sudden gusts of wind caused by the heavy downpours.

Due to the impact of Typhoon Chan-hom, 67 flights using Haneda and Narita airports were canceled as of 8:00 PM that day.

According to JR, the Tokaido and Tohoku Shinkansen bullet trains running along Japan's eastern coast were operating normally as of 6:00 PM, though delays or suspensions could occur going forward.

Train operations were partially suspended on the 11th along certain sections of the JR East Joban Line between Iwaki Station and Mito Station.

The limited express Hitachi train connecting Tokyo's Shinagawa Station and Sendai Station has had its operations suspended starting from that afternoon between Sendai Station and Iwaki Station in Fukushima Prefecture.
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