China News Service, September 6 reported that Typhoon No. 10 this year "Poseidon" has injured 5 people in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is currently hitting Kyushu, Japan, with extremely strong winds and huge scale.
At present, the Kumamoto City Government has issued the “evacuation instruction” with the second highest level of danger to more than 730,000 people in all areas under its jurisdiction.
On September 6, local time, Typhoon "Poseidon" approached Makizaki in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, causing huge waves to rise on the coast.
According to Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun, as of 5 pm, five people in Kagoshima Prefecture had been injured by the "Poseidon", but their lives were not in danger.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that on September 6, flights mainly taking off and landing at Okinawa Prefecture and Southern Kyushu Airport, a total of 548 flights have been cancelled or decided to cancel.
Among them, 158 flights including ANA flights in Naha, Kagoshima and Miyazaki were cancelled; 136 flights including Japan Airlines flights in Naha, Amami, and Kagoshima were cancelled.
Various airlines said that as of the 7th, more flights are expected to be cancelled or delayed, and they called on passengers to confirm the latest flight information through websites and so on.
According to JR West Japan, it has decided to suspend all trains from Hiroshima Station to Hakata Station on the Sanyo Shinkansen on the 7th, from the first to the last.
The interval between Shin-Osaka Station and Hiroshima Station will also reduce the number of trains.
JR Kyushu Company said that starting at noon on the 6th, the Kyushu Shinkansen Kumamoto Station to Kagoshima Chuo Station will be suspended; starting around 15:00 on the 6th, Hakata Station to Kumamoto Station will also be suspended.
On the 7th, the Kyushu Shinkansen will be suspended from the beginning to the last train.
JR Kyushu’s regular railway trains will be suspended sequentially from the 6th, and all trains will be suspended on the 7th.
On the other hand, the Japan Meteorological Agency predicts that the typhoon will remain strong, approaching southern Kyushu to a large extent on the evening of the 6th, and approaching northern Kyushu to a large extent from the 6th to the 7th.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) stated that the Kumamoto City Government is on guard against storms, heavy rains and high tides that may be brought by "Poseidon", and issued evacuation instructions for 346,685 households and 732,776 people in all areas in the area in the afternoon.
Both the evacuation instructions and the evacuation advice belong to the 4th level of the 5-stage heavy rain alert; the highest level is the 5th level.
The evacuation instructions mean that disasters are likely to occur. The local government once again urges people to evacuate their homes. People who have not yet evacuated should evacuate immediately; if you want to evacuate to all dangers at this time, you should seek refuge in a nearby safe place or a place higher than the building to ensure your own safety.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan urges people in Kyushu to strictly guard against several rivers that are likely to overflow, including the Kuma River in Kumamoto Prefecture, which was devastated by torrential rains in July, and six in Miyazaki Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture. .