TOKYO, July 1, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Okinawa residents braced for large waves
and violent winds Sunday after weather authorities warned of a fierce cyclone
approaching the southern Japanese island.
Typhoon Prapiroon was closing in on Okinawa’s capital Naha on Sunday
afternoon while packing gusts of up to 144 kilometres (90 miles) per hour,
according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
It was expected to draw close to the Okinawa island Sunday night through
to the next morning before veering towards southwestern Japan and the Korean
peninsula, the agency said.
Large storms regularly strike Japan over summer and early autumn, often
causing fatal landslides and flooding.