TOKYO: Around 20,000 people in the Japanese southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima and all elderly and the physically challenged in the prefecture of Miyazaki have received recommendations to evacuate due to an approaching tropical storm, Sputnik quoted Japan’s NHK TV channel report on Tuesday.
A threat to Kagoshima is estimated at the fourth level of emergency of five possible, the media said. The fourth level means a necessity of evacuating to a shelter if the possibility to do so remains. The third level, declared in Miyazaki, implies an advance evacuation of elderly and physically challenged people.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said while Typhoon Khanun has closely approached Kyushu Island in southwestern Japan, another storm, Lan, approaches the country’s southeast. – BERNAMA-XINHUA
