According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, Khanun is headed for Okinawa and nearby islands that it already hit with its rains and winds earlier in the week.
As of Friday afternoon, Khanun had sustained winds of 126 kilometers per hour (78 mph) with stronger gusts, the agency said. The meteor is expected to dump up to 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) of rain on the Okinawa region on Saturday and up to 30 centimeters (11.8 inches) on Amami, a group of islands belonging to the southern main island of Kyushu. , on Sunday, he added.
Khanun caused damage to homes and power lines when he crossed Okinawa on Tuesday. The prefectural government reported 44 injuries, three of them seriously. Authorities were investigating two deaths that may have been caused by the typhoon, but are not yet part of the official count.
The storm eventually left as many as 200,000 homes, or about 30% of Okinawa’s, without power, according to the island’s electricity provider, Okinawa Electric Power Company. About 50,000 were still without service on Friday morning, the Ministry of Economy and Industry said.
The region’s airport was packed with passengers stranded since the beginning of the week.
With Khanun’s reversal, China is spared from Khanun’s scourge after rains from a previous typhoon caused severe flooding around the capital Beijing this week.
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Associated Press writer Kanis Leung in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
FOUNTAIN: Associated Press
