Typhoon No. 12 is expected to come closest to the Maejima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture in the early afternoon.
Be wary of storms and high waves, and be careful of sediment-related disasters caused by heavy rain and inundation of low land.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Typhoon No. 12 is heading northward over the sea southeast of Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture.
The central pressure is 998 hectopascals, the maximum wind speed near the center is 25 meters, and the maximum instantaneous wind speed is 35 meters.
With the approach of the typhoon, it is expected that a very strong wind will blow and the waves will rise in the Maejima Islands.
The maximum instantaneous wind speed expected on the 22nd is
35 meters in the Miyakojima
region and 30 meters in
the
Yaeyama region.
It
is expected to
rise with swells
, 6 meters in
the
Miyakojima region, 5 meters in the
Yaeyama region,
and 4 meters in the main island
of
Okinawa.
Also, in the Maejima Islands, there is a risk of extremely heavy rainfall of 50 mm per hour in many places, resulting in heavy rainfall of warning level.
The Japan Meteorological Agency warns against storms and high waves, and calls for careful attention to sediment-related disasters, low land inundation, and river flooding.