TOKYO, 30th August, 2024 (WAM) -- Disruption to train services and flights continued across a wide area of Japan on Friday due to a typhoon that has been weakening but moving slowly eastward from the southwestern main island of Kyushu, Kyodo News reported.
The typhoon's slow movement has led to continued heavy rainfall even in areas distant from its centre, leading to prolonged transportation disruptions.
As of Friday, there were at least three deaths due to the typhoon, with more than 90 people sustaining injuries across the seven prefectures in southwestern Japan's main island of Kyushu, according to authorities.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines said they will cancel or reschedule many flights to and from airports in the southwestern and western regions Friday, and the irregular scheduling will affect the airlines into the weekend.
The Japan Meteorological Agency called Typhoon Shanshan "very powerful" before it made landfall in Kyushu on Thursday morning, but dropped the descriptive phrase in the afternoon. It also downgraded a rare special typhoon warning issued for most parts of Kagoshima Prefecture.
At noon Friday, the storm was located near Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture, and was moving slowly northeast with winds of up to 108 km per hour, the agency said, adding that its atmospheric pressure at the center was 994 hectopascals.