“A tropical storm declared itself on the island with strong gusts of gusts of more than 30 meters per second,” the press service of the Sakhalin Oblast government quoted TASS as saying.
It is specified that the main blow of the elements fell on the western coast of Sakhalin.
"Disaster recovery operations have been deployed," the report said.
According to the forecast of the Sakhalin Directorate of Roshydromet, on August 17 heavy rains (50 mm of precipitation and more in 12 hours) are expected in the Kuril and South Kuril districts of the Sakhalin Region.
Earlier in Japan, at least 49 people were injured as a result of typhoon Kros, which hit the west of the country.