Thursday, August 3, 2023
About 166,000 households in south-western Japan’s Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures were without power as Typhoon Khanun continued to hit with heavy rain and gusty winds, prolonging the damage potential.
The storm in the East China Sea was heading north-west at a slow speed with gusts of 222km/h (138mph), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
It was projected to change direction to move east towards the country’s mainland until Tuesday, but its path was not determined, public broadcaster NHK said.
Two people were reported dead in Okinawa, a popular tourist destination about 1,600km (1,000 miles) south-west of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, as of Thursday morning, NHK said.
A total of 41 people in Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures were injured, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said.
Naha Airport, located in Okinawa’s capital city and the main gateway to the prefecture, resumed operations on Thursday after shutting down for two days. The transport ministry said 304 flights were cancelled.
Local utility Okinawa Electric Power Co said 160,040 households, or about a quarter of all houses covered, were experiencing power outages as of 10.36 am local time, according to its website.
In addition, power supply was down for about 6,550 households in the Amami islands in Kagoshima prefecture, north of Okinawa, as of 9am, Kyushu Electric Power said.
Typhoon Khanun also forced schools and businesses to shut in northern Taiwan on Thursday, with nearly 40 international flights being cancelled.
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