Japan, typhoon Nanmadol is scary: tsunami risk, thousands in shelters. PHOTO

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In Japan, particularly in the Kyushu region, they are beyond 4 million the people for whom the evacuation was ordered due to the approach of the Typhoon Nanmadol. Thousands have had to find shelters far from their homes

Typhoon Nanmadol in Japan, evacuation of over 4 million people

FUZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 31: (CHINA OUT) Villagers are surrounded by flood waters as typhoon Nanmadol arrives in Fujian on August 31, 2011 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. Nanmadol, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, struck the coast of east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday affecting more than 560,000 residents in the province with no casualties so far. The cost of the damage is estimated to be more than 44 million RMB (6.9 million USD), according to local authorities. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The alarm, to a level of 4 on a maximum alert scale of 5, it concerns 4,030,000 residents belonging to 1.94 million households in various locations in the region, which have already hit torrential rains and violent storm surges, with the prefectures of Kagoshima and Miyazaki being the hardest hit

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High waves from weather patterns brought about by Typhoon Nanmadol hit the coastline in Minamata, Kumamoto prefecture on September 18, 2022. - Thousands of people were in shelters in southwestern Japan on September 18 as powerful Typhoon Nanmadol churned towards the region, prompting authorities to urge nearly three million residents to evacuate. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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The Nanmadol, the eleventh and strongest typhoon to hit Asia this year, also passed through the coast of Fujian province, in eastern China, affecting more than 560,000 residents in the province and killing two

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Roadside trees are blown by strong winds as Typhoon Nanmadol approaches in Kagoshima city, south of Kyushu, on September 18, 2022. - Japan OUT (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP via Getty Images)

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According to the National Meteorological Agency (JMA) they could at least fall 600mm of rain until Monday morning, with winds of up to 250 kilometers per hour

A man walks with an umbrella under heavy rain brought about by Typhoon Nanmadol, in Ueno district of Tokyo on September 18, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP via Getty Images)

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The Japanese Meteorological Agency estimates that southern Kyushu, where floods and landslides are feared, could record up to 500mm of rain accumulated in the next 24 hours, while the island of Shikoku and the western and central regions of the country could receive up to 300 millimeters

PUTIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: (CHINA OUT) A worker collects beer bottles in a flooded street on September 1, 2011 in Putian, Fujian Province of China. Nanmadol, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, struck the coast of east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday affecting more than 560,000 residents in the province and two reported casualties. The cost of the damage is estimated to be more than 44 million RMB (6.9 million USD), according to local authorities. (Photo by Getty Images)

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According to local authorities, the damage caused by the passage of the typhoon resulted in damage estimated at over 6.9 million dollars

Passengers gather as train service is suspended due to Typhoon Nanmadol approaching Kyushu region, at Hakata station of Fukuoka on September 18, 2022. - Japan OUT (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP via Getty Images)

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The two main airlines in the country, Ana and Japan Airlines have suspended over 500 flights and Shinkansen superfast train services have been canceled between Hakata and Kumamoto

PUTIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: (CHINA OUT) A driver scoops water out of the vehicle in a flooded street on September 1, 2011 in Putian, Fujian Province of China. Nanmadol, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, struck the coast of east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday affecting more than 560,000 residents in the province with two casualties so far. The cost of the damage is estimated to be more than 44 million RMB (6.9 million USD), according to local authorities. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Once it touches the ground, the typhoon is expected to turn northeast and rise through central Japan towards Tokyo. An official from the Japanese meteorological agency told reporters that “There are risks of unprecedented storms, high waves, storm surges and record rainfall”

PUTIAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: (CHINA OUT) A flooded street is seen on September 1, 2011 in Putian, Fujian Province of China. Nanmadol, the 11th and strongest typhoon to hit China this year, struck the coast of east China's Fujian Province on Wednesday affecting more than 560,000 residents in the province and two reported casualties. The cost of the damage is estimated to be more than 44 million RMB (6.9 million USD), according to local authorities. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Thousands of people were in the shelters of southwestern Japan. 25,680 families of Kagoshima and the neighbor Miyazaki I’m without electricity

A car passes a fallen tree as Typhoon Nanmadol approaches in Izumi, Kagoshima prefecture on September 18, 2022. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI / AFP via Getty Images)

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It is the first time that the JMA activates an alert of this type for one of the four main islands of the archipelago. At midnight today, 5pm in Italy, Nanmadol was about 300 kilometers southeast of the Amami Islands, driven by gusts of wind up to 270 kilometers per hour

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