Northern Japan Threatened by Typhoon

World News Rudolph Rodriquez
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A typhoon which is currently over southern Japan today is moving toward the northeast accompanied by violent rains, and may pass through the region devastated by the earthquake followed by a tsunami on March 11, according to the weather service.

The Japanese authorities are to evacuate about 48,000 people in the country’s northeast, an area which is expected to be affected by Typhoon Lionrock as of Tuesday, according to Sputnik News and The Associated Press.

Typhoon Lionrock already paralyzed the road and rail traffic on the island of Hokkaido, where it has caused more blackouts and dozens of flights were canceled.

According to the Japanese station NHK, over 41,000 people are to be evacuated from the Iwate prefecture.

The authorities also plan the evacuation of over 5,000 people from the Aomori Prefecture and another nearly 1,900 in Miyagi Prefecture, Kyodo news agency writes.

More than 50 flights on the Sendai airport were canceled and suspended along with high-speed trains in the Tohoku and Hokkaido regions.

The typhoon is off the coast of Japan, in the Fukushima area, where the wind speeds are up to 126 kilometers per hour.

The nuclear plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) covered the nuclear complex with synthetic resin to prevent radioactive elements to be taken by wind or rain.

The typhoon arrived at first in Okinawa (south), which caused injuries to 57 people, five being seriously injured, police stated.

Japan’s climate is characterized by a wide variety of climates, with well-defined dramatic changes in weather and seasons, however due to the fact that Japan is spanning over several climatic zones from north to south and is influenced by the Eurasian continent on west and the Pacific Ocean to the east.