Typhoon No. 9 Okinawa Sakishima Islands may be stormy before noon Severe vigilance on August 8 at 7:55

Typhoon No. 9 is a large and extremely strong typhoon that travels north on the south of Okinawa. There is a risk of a storm in the Sakishima Islands for a long time from noon on the 8th. The weather station calls for strict alerts against storms.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the large and very strong typhoon No. 9 seems to be moving northwest and northwest at a speed of 15 km / h on the 290 km southeast of Ishigaki Island at 7 am on the 8th.

The atmospheric pressure at the center is 925 hectopascals, the maximum wind speed near the center is 45 meters, the maximum instantaneous wind speed is 65 meters, and within a radius of 200 km from the center, the wind speed is over 25 meters.

The typhoon continues northward, and there is a risk of a storm for a long time in the Sakishima Islands from noon on the 8th, and the weather station has announced a storm warning in the Miyakojima and Ishigakijima regions.

The maximum wind speed expected on the 8th in Sakishima Islands is 45 meters and the maximum instantaneous wind speed is 65 meters.

The height of the waves is 12 meters in the Sakishima Islands and 10 meters in the main island of Okinawa.

In Sakishima Islands, it is expected that 80 mm of heavy rain will fall in one hour on the 8th, and heavy rain will take place on the 9th.

In Sakishima Islands and Kumejima, there is a risk of inundation and flooding due to storm surges, and a storm surge warning has been announced in Kumejima Town.

The Meteorological Observatory calls for strict alerts on landslides caused by storms and heavy rains in the Sakishima Islands, flooding in low land, high waves in the Sakishima Islands and the main island of Okinawa, and storm surges in the Sakishima Islands and Kumejima Town. The