A director of the Japan Meteorological Agency's Forecast Division holds a press conference on Typhoon Nanmadol in Tokyo on Sept 17, 2022. (STR / JIJI Press / AFP)
TOKYO – Typhoon Nanmadol bore down on Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu on Sunday with the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)warning of gales and high waves "like never experienced before".
The 14th typhoon of the season, classified as a super typhoon by the US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, could bring record rainfall, the JMA said, warning of the risk of rivers overflowing and landslides.
Southern Kyushu could receive 500 mm (20 inches) of rain and wind gusts of up to 250 km per hour (155 miles per hour) on Sunday, while the central Tokai region could see 300 mm (12 inches) of rain, the agency forecast.
Railway operators have canceled trains in the region with convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan temporarily shutting around 950 stores.
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The storm is forecast to curve east and pass over Japan's main island of Honshu early next week before moving out to sea by Wednesday.