[Anchor]

Typhoon Chan-hom is expected to pass straight through Japan today (August 11) and tomorrow. Attention is also focused on whether it will bring some 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 wind is blowing quite strongly and there is a lot of rain. Has the typhoon arrived?

[Reporter]

The center of the typhoon is expected to make landfall in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other parts of Japan's capital region at around 9 p.m.

Due to the influence of Typhoon Chan-hom, rain has been alternating on and off since this afternoon, and the rainfall is gradually getting heavier.

The winds are also growing stronger, as you can see.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has forecast that Typhoon Chan-hom will pass through Tokyo and cross Honshu from east to west, before changing into a tropical depression around 3 p.m. tomorrow and heading out toward the East Sea of Korea.

Typically, typhoons passing through Japan move from west to east riding the westerlies, but Chan-hom is blocked by a strong high-pressure system to the north, showing the unusual characteristic of moving in a reverse direction from east to west.

In the past, these reverse-moving typhoons have often caused damage due to heavy rainfall rather than strong winds.

Typhoon Chan-hom is not as strong as Typhoon Dujuan, the 13th typhoon that inflicted heavy damage on China. However, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that torrential rain of more than 10mm per hour is expected in some areas through tomorrow, advising people to prepare for landslides, flooding in low-lying areas, and overflowing rivers.

Due to 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 provide some help to South Korea, which is suffering from extreme drought.

After the typhoon dissipates, the remaining moisture will flow into South Korea's East Sea.

Accordingly, 20 to 60mm of rain is forecast 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 40mm of rain is also projected to fall in areas such as Busan and Ulsan.

(Photo courtesy of Mun Hyun-jin | Video by Kim Byung-jik | Graphics by Seo Seung-hyun)