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Updated · Japan Today · Jun 2
Typhoon Jangmi Hits Wakayama as Level 5 Flood Warning Follows 126-kph Winds
Updated
Updated · Japan Today · Jun 2

Typhoon Jangmi Hits Wakayama as Level 5 Flood Warning Follows 126-kph Winds

2 articles · Updated · Japan Today · Jun 2
  • Jangmi made landfall in southern Wakayama around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday after lashing western Japan, with maximum winds of 126 kph as it moved east-northeast at 40 kph.
  • A level 5 flood danger warning — Japan's highest — was issued for the Koza River after it began overflowing, and residents nearby were urged to take maximum caution.
  • The Japan Meteorological Agency had already detected a linear rainband over southern Wakayama, signaling extremely heavy rainfall and the risk of further flood and landslide disasters.
  • Up to 200 millimeters of rain is forecast through 6 a.m. Thursday in Tokai and Kanto-Koshin, with up to 120 mm in Tohoku as the typhoon tracks east along the Pacific side.
  • Before landfall, Jangmi brushed Kyushu and Shikoku, where level 4 flood warnings were issued for rivers in Miyazaki and Tokushima, underscoring the storm's widening impact.
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